Lucius Annaeus Seneca's Quotes

Lucius Annaeus Seneca's Quotes 155

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of...

I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.

Time discovers truth.

Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel,...

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

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it...

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not...

The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are...

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and...

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

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

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the...

For greed all nature is too little.

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

A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he...

If you wished to be loved, love.

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

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

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

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

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

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with;...

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet...

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