“Errare humanum est, sed in errore perseverare diabolicum.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Mistake Copy Share Image
“To expect punishment is to suffer it; and to earn it is to expect it.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Crime Copy Share Image
“Philosophy is good advice; and no one can give advice at the top of his lungs.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Advice Copy Share Image
A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Adversity Copy Share Image
“There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Friendship Copy Share Image
“It is uncertain where Death will await you; there expect it everywhere.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Death Copy Share Image
“No past life has been lived to lend us glory, and that which has existed before us is not ours.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
“We are indeed apt to ascribe certain faults to the place or to the time; but those faults will follow us, no… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Change Copy Share Image
“Why do I not rather seek some real good - one which I could feel, not one which I could display? These… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Glitter Copy Share Image
Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
“It is a great man that can treat his earthenware as if it was silver, and a man who treats his silver… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Great man Copy Share Image
“No good thing renders its possessor happy, unless his mind is reconciled to the possibility of loss; nothing, however, is lost with… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
“I have learned to be a friend to myself Great improvement this indeed Such a one can never be said to be… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Friend Copy Share Image
Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Biology Copy Share Image
“Preserve a sense of proportion in your attitude to everything that pleases you, and make the most of them while they are… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Attitude Copy Share Image
“Wild animals run from the dangers they actually see, and once they have escaped them worry no more. We however are tormented… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Animals Copy Share Image
“For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Anthem Copy Share Image
“But nothing will help quite so much as just keeping quiet, talking with other people as little as possible, with yourself as… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Keeping quiet Copy Share Image
“And so when you see a man often wearing the robe of office, when you see one whose name is famous in… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Envy Copy Share Image
“If he lose a hand through disease or war, or if some accident puts out one or both of his eyes, he… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Loss of a friend Copy Share Image
“Barley porridge, or a crust of barley bread, and water do not make a very cheerful diet, but nothing gives one keener… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
“Limiting one’s desires actually helps to cure one of fear. ‘Cease to hope … and you will cease to fear.’ … Widely… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Anxiety Copy Share Image
“You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Death Copy Share Image
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Imagination Copy Share Image
“To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Freedom Copy Share Image
A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Appetite Copy Share Image
“You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Death Copy Share Image
“Soft living imposes on us the penalty of debility; we cease to be able to do the things we've long been grudging… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“I am loath to call clemency what was, rather, the exhaustion of cruelty.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Clemency Copy Share Image
![“Limiting one’s desires actually helps to cure one of fear. ‘Cease to hope … and you will cease to fear.’ … Widely different [as fear and hope] are, the two of them march in unison like a prisoner and the escort he is handcuffed to. Fear keeps pace with hope … both belong to a mind in suspense, to…” quote by Lucius Annaeus Seneca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/871/lucius-annaeus-seneca-3079_anxiety_limiting-one-s-desires-actually-helps-to_1947045.jpg)
