Quotes By Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Do everything as in the eye of another.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.

Life is warfare.

Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.

There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.

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

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

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.

Every guilty person is his own hangman.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.

Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.

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.

It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores.

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.

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.

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 kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

You learn to know a pilot in a storm.

Whatever is well said by another, is mine.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

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

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

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

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

Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.