539 Quotes by Seneca the Younger

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.

This life is only a prelude to eternity.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion.

Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.

I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?

As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.