Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share
Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share
Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share
Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share
He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share
Let us not seek our disease out of ourselves; 'tis in us, and planted in our bowels; and the mere fact that we do… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share
Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share
