Seneca the Younger Quotes about Adversity

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.

Adversity, Men, Unhappy

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Life, Appreciation, Adversity

"Epistolæ Ad Lucilium" by Marcus Fabius Quintilianus as reported in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 878-82., 1922.

Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.

Seneca the Younger

Adversity, Men, Fire

To see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are generally either coveted or feared, all men must acknowledge that this can be from nothing else but a beam of divinity that influences a mortal body.

Seneca the Younger

Laughter, Adversity, Men

Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.

Seneca the Younger

Adversity, Tests, Merit

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

Seneca the Younger

Money, Adversity, Challenges

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A good person dyes events with his own color . . . and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.

Seneca the Younger

Adversity, Color, Events

Good sides to adversity are best admired at a distance.

Seneca the Younger

Distance, Adversity, Sides

Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity.

Seneca the Younger

Hero, Adversity, Men

Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.

Seneca the Younger

Adversity, Men, Brave

In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases.

Seneca the Younger

Adversity, Giving, Teeth

Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always to take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases, treating her as if she were actually going to do everything it is in her power to do. Whatever you have been expecting for some time comes as less of a shock.

Seneca the Younger

Time, Attitude, Adversity

Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.

Seneca the Younger

Adversity, Men, Lasts

Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.

Seneca the Younger

Adversity, Prosperity, Fidelity

"Agamemnon". Book by Seneca the Younger, 934,

The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity.

Seneca the Younger

Adversity, Men, Two

No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

Seneca the Younger

Philosophical, Adversity

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Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave men.

Seneca the Younger

Courage, Adversity, Men

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Seneca the Younger

Courage, Powerful, Adversity

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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.

Seneca the Younger

Happiness, Failure, Adversity

Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.

Seneca the Younger

Stupid, Philosophical, Adversity

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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right." "True happiness is ... to enjoy the present" "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Seneca the Younger

Appreciation, Inspirational Life, Adversity

Seneca the Younger Quotes about Adversity

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