230 Quotations by Marcus Annaeus Seneca
- 21. Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
- 22. Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
- 23. But it is a pretty thing to see what money will do!
- 24. Calamity is virtue's opportunity.
- 25. Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
- 26. Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then ...
- 27. Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insinuating and insidious something that elicits secre ...
- 28. Courage is a scorner of things which inspire fear.
- 29. Courage leads starward, fear toward death.
- 30. Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
- 31. Crime, when it succeeds, is called virtue.
- 32. Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.
- 33. Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
- 34. Disease is not of the body but of the place.
- 35. Do everything as in the eye of another.
- 36. Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.
- 37. Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
- 38. Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse.
- 39. Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
- 40. Even if it is to be, what end do you serve by running to distress?
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