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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A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
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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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A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.
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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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All art is but imitation of nature.
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One must steer, not talk.
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Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
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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.
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Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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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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Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.
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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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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.
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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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There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.
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Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
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A great mind becomes a great fortune.