Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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He has committed the crime who profits by it.
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Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
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In war there is no prize for runner-up.
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When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.
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Modesty forbids what the law does not.
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As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
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You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.
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Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.
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Life is warfare.
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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.
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A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.
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A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.
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Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.
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The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.
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That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Do everything as in the eye of another.
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Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.