Seneca Quotes

He who is brave is free

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

Life's like a play it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters

Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

The sun also shines on the wicked.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.

One hand washes the other.(Manus Manum Lavat)

It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.

Light griefs are plaintive , but great ones are dumb

It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Injustice never rules forever

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient

There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.

The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.

Time discovers truth.

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

Abstinence is easier than temperance

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

Fate rules the affairs of mankind with no recognizable order.

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.

Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.

Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.

It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.