Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.
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Do everything as in the eye of another.
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Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.
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God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is.
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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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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Life, if well lived, is long enough.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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If you wished to be loved, love.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.
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Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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One must steer, not talk.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.