Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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The largest part of goodness is the will to become good.
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A good mind is a lord of a kingdom.
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Expediency often silences justice.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Nature has given us the seeds of knowledge, not knowledge itself.
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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all that is sought in pardoning. He will spare some and watch over some, because of their youth, and others on account of their ignorance. His clemency will not fall short of justice, but will fulfill it perfectly.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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It is not how many books thou hast, but how good; careful reading profiteth, while that which is full of variety delighteth.
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All I desire is, that my poverty may not be a burden to myself, or make me so to others; and that is the best state of fortune that is neither directly necessitous nor far from it. A mediocrity of fortune, with gentleness of mind, will preserve us from fear or envy; which is a desirable condition; for no man wants power to do mischief.
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If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Some pretend want of power to make a competent return; and you shall find in others a kind of graceless modesty, that makes a man ashamed of requiting an obligation, because it is a confession that he has received one.
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To meditate an injury is to commit one.
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He who fears from near at hand often fears less.
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Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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The fortune of war is always doubtful.
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Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is summary and effectual.