Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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He who is brave is free.
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No man was ever wise by chance.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.
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Whatever is well said by another, is mine.
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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.
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Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.
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I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.