Character Quote by Seneca

“You should, I need hardly say, live in such a way that there is nothing which you could not as easily tell your enemy…

— Seneca

“The difficulty comes from our lack of confidence.”

— Seneca

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

— Seneca

“the wise man is self-sufficient, that he can do without friends, not that he desires to do without them. When I say "can," I…

— Seneca

“This, I say, is the highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom, – that deed and word should be in accord, that”

— Seneca

“But both courses are to be avoided; you should not copy the bad simply because they are many, nor should you hate the many…

— Seneca

“Virtue alone affords everlasting and peace-giving joy; even if some obstacle arise, it is but like an intervening cloud, which floats beneath the sun…

— Seneca

“I’ve come across people who say that there is a sort of inborn restlessness in the human spirit and an urge to change one’s…

— Seneca

“Withdraw into yourself, as far as you can. Associate with those who will make a better man of you. Welcome those whom you yourself…

— Seneca

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

— Seneca

“On Epicurus; He says: "Contended poverty is an honourable estate." Indeed, if it is contented, it is not poverty at all. It is not…

— Seneca

“...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.”

— Seneca