Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"All art is but imitation of nature." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"No untroubled day has ever dawned for me." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"He has committed the crime who profits by it." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive ... - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"As long as you live, keep learning how to live." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Do everything as in the eye of another." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Whatever is well said by another, is mine." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"No one is laughable who laughs at himself." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"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 ... - Lucius Annaeus Seneca