A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand. Seneca the Younger More Quotes by Seneca the Younger More Quotes From Seneca the Younger Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful. Seneca the Younger atheistreligiouswise The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived. Seneca the Younger givingmenthinking True friends are the whole world to one another; and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others; for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner. Seneca the Younger true-frienddelightfriends We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift. Seneca the Younger passioncharacternight Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods. Seneca the Younger blamejudgementgiving To lose a friend is the greatest of all evils, but endeavour rather to rejoice that you possessed him than to mourn his loss. Seneca the Younger endeavourevilloss We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it. Seneca the Younger oughtbodyshould It is one thing to remember, another to know. To remember is to safeguard something entrusted to the memory. But to know is to make each thing one's own, not depend on the text and always to look back to the teacher. "Zeno said this, Cleanthes said this." Let there be space between you and the book. Seneca the Younger teachermemoriesbook No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us. Seneca the Younger moneyevilloss Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium Seneca the Younger intelligencemediocrityhelping He who is penitent is almost innocent. Seneca the Younger penitenceinnocent It is the characteristic of a weak and diseased mind to fear the unfamiliar. Seneca the Younger atheismweakmind What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears. Seneca the Younger wiselifedeath Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery. Seneca the Younger miserywork-outdesire No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory perusal. Seneca the Younger meremerit The worst thing about getting old is evil men cease to fear you Seneca the Younger worstevilmen It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity. Seneca the Younger faultsyouth Fortune dreads the brave, and is only terrible to the coward. Seneca the Younger cowardbravefortune Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged Seneca the Younger traitshatehumans Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity. Seneca the Younger adversityheromen
