“Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.”
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Famous Seneca the Younger Quotes
“Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.”
“A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.”
“He who blushes at riding in a rattletrap, will boast when he rides in style.”
“A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort.”
“It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.”
“A great step toward independence is a good-humoured stomach.”
“Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.”
“Tis not the belly's hunger that costs so much, but its pride”
“What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.”
“What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?”
“There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.”
“No choice maxims - we Stoics don't practice that kind of window dressing.”
“To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.”
“The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.”
“There are a few men whom slavery holds fast, but there are many more who hold fast to slavery.”
“No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.”
“It is the characteristic of a weak and diseased mind to fear the unfamiliar.”
“The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.”