Quotes from Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.
— 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
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
No man was ever wise by chance.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca