Seneca the Younger Quotes
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You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
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We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.
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A great step toward independence is a good-humoured stomach.
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A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of the sea, so the pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. For it maintains its balance, and over all that happens it throws its own complexion, because it is more powerful than external circumstances.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others, dies in ignorance of himself.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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The fortune of war is always doubtful.
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It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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A troubled countenance oft discloses much.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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Take away ambition and vanity, and where will be your heroes and patriots?
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
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Men's language is as their lives.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.