342 Quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

He is the most powerful who has himself, in his power.

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.

It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.

Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.