Quotes by Seneca

3 quotations from Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), with the subject each one is filed under.

It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.— filed under Envy

The greatest man is he who chooses the right with the most invincible resolution; who resists the sorest temptation from within and without; who bears the heavest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering.— filed under Greatness

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

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