| 70 Famous Quotes by Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
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“Revenge is an inhuman word.
[Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.]”
Revenge Quotes Source: De Ira (II, 31)
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“Light griefs are communicative, great ones stupefy.
[Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]”
Grief Quotes Source: Hippolytus (607)
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“That grief is light which can take counsel.
[Lat., Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.]”
Grief Quotes Source: Medea (I, 55)
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“Great grief does not of itself put an end itself.
[Lat., Magnus sibi ipse non facit finem dolor.]”
Grief Quotes Source: Troades (786)
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“We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that
sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
[Lat., Periere mores, jus, decus, pietas, fides,
Et qui redire nescit, cum perit, pudor.]”
Loss Quotes Source: Agamemnon (CXII)
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“Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.
[Lat., Ignis aurum probat, misera fortes viros.]”
Misery Quotes Source: De Providentia (V)
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“The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.
[Lat., Miserias properant suas
Audire miseri.]”
Misery Quotes Source: Hercules Oetoeus (754)
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“Calamity is virtue's opportunity.
[Lat., Calamitas virtutis occasio est.]”
Misfortune Quotes Source: De Procidentia (IV)
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“There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been
unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.
[Lat., Nihil infelicius eo, cui nihil unquam evenit adversi, non
licuit enim illi se experiri.]”
Misfortune Quotes Source: De Providentia (III)
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“There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate
misfortunes. What madness it is in your expecting evil before it
arrives!
[Lat., Nil est nec miserius nec stultius quam praetimere. Quae
ista dementia est, malum suum antecedere!]”
Misfortune Quotes Source: Epistoloe Ad Lucilium (XCVIII)
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“When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
[Lat., Quemcumque miserum videris, hominem scias.]”
Misfortune Quotes Source: Hercules Furens (463)
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“Light troubles speak; immense troubles are silent.
[Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]”
Trouble Quotes Source: Hippolytus (act II, sc. 3, l. 607)
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“He who tenders doubtful safety to those in trouble refuses it.
[Lat., Dubiam salutem qui dat adflictis negat.]”
Trouble Quotes Source: Oedipus (CCXIII)
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“He who begs timidly courts a refusal.
[Lat., Qui timide rogat,
Docet negare.]”
Beggary Quotes Source: Hippolytus (II, 593)
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“A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the
intention of the giver or doer.
[Lat., Beneficium non in eo quot fit aut datur consistit sed in
ipso dantis aut facientis animo.]”
Benefits Quotes Source: De Beneficiis (I, 6)
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“A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
[Lat., Eodem animo beneficium debetur, quo datur.]”
Benefits Quotes Source: De Beneficiis (II, 1)
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“Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that
received it disclose it.
[Lat., Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narret; qui accepit.]”
Benefits Quotes Source: De Beneficiis (II, 11)
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“He gives a benefit twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter.]”
Benefits Quotes Source: Proverbs of Seneca
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“Mercy often inflicts death.
[Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]”
Mercy Quotes Source: Troades (329)
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“Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]”
Intemperance Quotes Source: Epistoloe Ad Lucilium (LXXXIII)
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