Famous Quotes

Quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

• The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
• The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
• The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.
• The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.
• The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.
• The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
• The good things of prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
• The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
• The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
• The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
• The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
• The wish for healing has always been half of health.
• There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
• There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
• There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
• There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
• Time discovers truth.
• To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
• True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.