Great things Quote by Seneca the Younger Download Open image “The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.” — Seneca the Younger ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Great things Knows Quiet Speak
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
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It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
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Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things. — Fergus Henderson Copy Share Image
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Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life? — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
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I have so much respect for the country, I don't like blanket indictments. There's a lot of really great things about this country. — Cris Collinsworth Copy Share Image
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