He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which
has been bestowed upon him; he is ungrateful who conceals it; he
is ungrateful who makes no return for it; most ungrateful of all
is he who forgets it.
[Lat., Ingratus est, qui beneficium accepisse se negat, quod
accepit: ingratus est, qui dissimulat; ingratus, qui non reddit;
ingratissimus omnium, qui oblitus est.]
Ingratitude
Quotes, by Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) , Source: De Beneficiis (III, 1)
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Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in
war.
[Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, quam fortes
milites bellis.]
Adversity
Quotes, by Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) , Source: De Providentia (IV)
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Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to
his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy
of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.
[Lat., Ecce spectaculum dignum, ad quod respiciat intentus operi
suo Deus. Ecce par Deo dignum, vir fortis cum mala fortuna
compositus.]
Adversity
Quotes, by Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) , Source: Lib. de Divina Providentia
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It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways:
He who repents of his sins is almost innocent.
[Lat., Nam sera nunquam est ad bonos mores via.
Quem peonitet peccasse, paene est innocens.]
Repentance
Quotes, by Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) , Source: Agamemnon (242)
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
become the slaves of the impious; might makes right; fear
silences the power of the law.
[Lat., Prosperum ac felix scelus
Virtus vocatur; sontibus patent boni;
Jus est in armis, opprimit leges timor.]
Crime
Quotes, by Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) , Source: Hercules Furens (CCLI)
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This is our chief bane, that we live not according to the light
of reason, but after the fashion of others.
[Lat., Id nobis maxime nocet, quod non ad rationis lumen sed ad
similitudinem aliorum vivimus.]
Reason
Quotes, by Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) , Source: Octavia (act II, 454)
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When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He
overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty.
[Lat., Semel profecto premere felices deus
Cum coepit, urget; hos habent magna exitus.]
Prosperity
Quotes, by Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) , Source: Hercules Oetoeus (713)
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