Quotes Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh...

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortun...

Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of h...

One crime has to be concealed by another....

One must steer, not talk....

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to...

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived e...

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does...

Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things....

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful one...

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wi...

See how many are better off than you are, but consider how m...

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the thi...

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit....

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or o...

Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery....

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if m...

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage....

Success consecrates the most offensive crimes....

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. T...

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue....

That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficientl...

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ...

The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave....

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; ...