475 Quotes by Seneca

Mercy often inflicts death.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

The time we are given is not brief, but we make it so. We do not lack time; on the contrary, there is so much of it that we waste an awful lot.

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.

He who is sorry for having sinned is almost innocent.

To preserve the lives of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.

If you wish to be loved; Love.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.