Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of. -Seneca

 

Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of.


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This quote is just one of 103 total Seneca quotes in our collection. Seneca is known for saying 'Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

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