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title: "1 Common Human Quotes By Seneca the Elder"
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> [It is wrong not to give a hand to the fallen. This right is common to the whole human race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/it-is-wrong-not-to-give-a-hand-to-the-fallen-this-right-is-common-to/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

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## More by Seneca the Elder

> [Let us be brave in the face of adversity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/let-us-be-brave-in-the-face-of-adversity/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

> [The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/the-mind-is-slow-to-unlearn-what-it-learnt-early/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

> [Know this, that he that is a friend to himself, is a friend to all men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/know-this-that-he-that-is-a-friend-to-himself-is-a-friend-to-all-men/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

> [“It is of course better to know useless things than to know nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/it-is-of-course-better-to-know-useless-things-than-to-know-nothing/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

> [“To be everywhere; is to nowhere.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/to-be-everywhere-is-to-nowhere/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

> [There's some end at last for the man who follows a path; mere rambling is interminable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/there-s-some-end-at-last-for-the-man-who-follows-a-path-mere-rambling/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

> [Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/unhappy-is-the-man-though-he-rule-the-world-who-doesn-t-consider/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

> [Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/add-each-day-something-to-fortify-you-against-poverty-and-death/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

> [It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/it-is-for-the-superfluous-things-of-life-that-men-sweat/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

> [We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/we-should-every-night-call-ourselves-to-an-account-what-infirmity/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

> [Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/malice-drinks-one-half-of-its-own-poison/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

> [If you wish to fear nothing, consider that everything is to be feared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/if-you-wish-to-fear-nothing-consider-that-everything-is-to-be-feared/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

> [No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/no-man-will-swim-ashore-and-take-his-baggage-with-him/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

> [Failure changes for the better, success for the worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/failure-changes-for-the-better-success-for-the-worse/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

> [Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed. In order to consider himself supremely blessed he must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/unhappy-is-the-man-though-he-rule-the-world-who-doesn-t-consider-2/)

[Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/)

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