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Quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

All art is but imitation of nature. ... Read Full Quote
We learn not in the school, but in life. ... Read Full Quote
All things are cause for either laughter or weeping. ... Read Full Quote
It is well to be born either a king or a fool. ... Read Full Quote
We are more wicked together than separately. If you are ... Read Full Quote
If thou live according to nature, thou wilt never be po ... Read Full Quote
Liesure without books is death, and burial of a man ali ... Read Full Quote
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away. - ... Read Full Quote
It does not matter how many books you have, but how goo ... Read Full Quote
In every good man a God doth dwell. ... Read Full Quote
The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties ... Read Full Quote
Why does no one confess his sins Because he is yet in t ... Read Full Quote
He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unh ... Read Full Quote
The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires. ... Read Full Quote
I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that whi ... Read Full Quote
The best ideas are common property. ... Read Full Quote
An action will not be right unless the will be right fo ... Read Full Quote
Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is ... Read Full Quote
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. ... Read Full Quote
Our (The Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according t ... Read Full Quote
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not abse ... Read Full Quote
Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed ... Read Full Quote
He who has injured thee was stronger or weaker than the ... Read Full Quote
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party ... Read Full Quote
The soul has this proof of its divinity that divine thi ... Read Full Quote
There is nothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind c ... Read Full Quote
The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy. ... Read Full Quote
One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship ... Read Full Quote
It is not because things are difficult that we do not d ... Read Full Quote
Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfo ... Read Full Quote
As long as you live, keep learning how to live. ... Read Full Quote
Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent ... Read Full Quote
No man ever became wise by chance. ... Read Full Quote
Our care should not be to have lived long as to have li ... Read Full Quote
To wish to be well is a part of becoming well. ... Read Full Quote
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. ... Read Full Quote
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man st ... Read Full Quote
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. - Epistul ... Read Full Quote
The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's abil ... Read Full Quote
...a sword never kills anybody it's a tool in the kille ... Read Full Quote
If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I ... Read Full Quote
Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say let speec ... Read Full Quote
Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating ... Read Full Quote
It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the li ... Read Full Quote
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a ... Read Full Quote
A great step toward independence is a good humored stom ... Read Full Quote
If a man knows not what harbour he seeks, any wind is t ... Read Full Quote
We become wiser by adversity prosperity destroys our ap ... Read Full Quote
The greatest remedy for anger is delay. ... Read Full Quote
To strive with an equal is dangerous with a superior, m ... Read Full Quote
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his at ... Read Full Quote
He that visits the sick in hopes of a legacy, but is ne ... Read Full Quote
All cruelty springs from weakness. ... Read Full Quote
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful th ... Read Full Quote
Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised ... Read Full Quote
There is no genius free from some tincture of madness. ... Read Full Quote
We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly ... Read Full Quote
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune all these are names of th ... Read Full Quote
A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts. ... Read Full Quote
That grief is light which can take counsel. ... Read Full Quote
Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself. ... Read Full Quote
No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is rea ... Read Full Quote
As is a tale, so is life not how long it is, but how go ... Read Full Quote
If you wished to be loved, love. ... Read Full Quote
Malice drinks one half of its own poison. ... Read Full Quote
A great mind becomes a great fortune. ... Read Full Quote
Everything is the product of one universal creative eff ... Read Full Quote
He who has great power should use it lightly. ... Read Full Quote
Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers. ... Read Full Quote
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by t ... Read Full Quote
Time heals what reason cannot. ... Read Full Quote
Time discovers truth. ... Read Full Quote
Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his tim ... Read Full Quote
It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain i ... Read Full Quote
The pain of a disappointed wish necessarily produces le ... Read Full Quote
Those whom fortune has never favoured are more joyful t ... Read Full Quote
This body is not a home but an inn, and that only brief ... Read Full Quote
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling. - ... Read Full Quote
There are more things, Lucilius, that frighten us than ... Read Full Quote
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of ano ... Read Full Quote
To greed, all nature is insufficient. - Hercules Oetaeu ... Read Full Quote
Anyone can stop a man's life, but no one his death a th ... Read Full Quote