Seneca the Younger Quotes
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If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a veil of pleached and intertwining branches, then the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot and your marvel at the thick unbroken shade in the midst of the open spaces, will prove to you the presence of deity.
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Anger, though concealed, is betrayed by the countenance. ?That anger is not warrantable which hath seen two suns.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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It's unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!
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An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
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The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.
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It is the superfluous things for which men sweat.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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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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The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.
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Trifling trouble find utterance; deeply felt pangs are silent.
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Human nature is so constituted that insults sink deeper than kindnesses; the remembrance of the latter soon passes away, while that of the former is treasured in the memory.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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It is the characteristic of a weak and diseased mind to fear the unfamiliar.
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Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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Dissembling profiteth nothing; a feigned countenance, and slightly forged externally, deceiveth but very few.
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Those who pass their lives in foreign travel find they contract many ties of hospitality, but form no friendships.