Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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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.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.
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One must steer, not talk.
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A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.
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Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
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I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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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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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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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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The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
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Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
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Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.
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A great mind becomes a great fortune.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.