Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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