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Seneca the Younger Quotes: Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.
         

Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.


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



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There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.



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It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.



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