467 ordspråk av Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca föddes
4 BC och dog
65 - Roman philosopher
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God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded
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God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is.
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Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity
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Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war
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Happy the man who can endure the highest and the lowest fortune. He, who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity, has deprived misfortune of its power.
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He has committed the crime who profits by it.
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He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!
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He is most powerful who has power over himself
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He is the most powerful who has himself, in his power.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself.
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He that visits the sick in hopes of a legacy, but is never so friendly in all other cases, I look upon him as being no better than a raven that watches a weak sheep only to peck out its eyes.
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He who blushes at riding in a rattletrap, will boast when he rides in style
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He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another
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