3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca 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.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca Precepts or maxims are of great weight and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can’t find.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.
3 December 2020 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 to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely for science is but one.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca 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.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca 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.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca 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.
