539 Quotes by Seneca the Younger

It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.

It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.

It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and – even more surprising – it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.

Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

Hold fast then to this sound and wholesome rule of life; indulge the body only as far as is needful for health.

Real improvement is of slow growth only.

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.