"It is in adversity that we learn to know our true friends."
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Seneca is one of the Stoic philosophers.
More quotes from Seneca
- "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."
- "The man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary."
- "Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness."
- "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult."
- "For the busy man, no day is long enough."