Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

He who is brave is free.

Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

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

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

If you wished to be loved, love.

Where fear is, happiness is not.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.

Time discovers truth.

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

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

As long as you live, keep learning how to live.

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.

The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.

Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.

Life, if well lived, is long enough.

For greed all nature is too little.

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Time discovers truth.

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

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

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

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

Where fear is, happiness is not.

The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.

No man was ever wise by chance.

All art is but imitation of nature.

No man was ever wise by chance.

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

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.

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

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

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

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

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

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.

I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.

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.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

All art is but imitation of nature.

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

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.

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.