...a sword never kills anybody it's a tool in the killer's hand. Lucius Annaeus Seneca More Quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca More Quotes From Lucius Annaeus Seneca He who has injured thee was stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him if stronger, spare thyself. Lucius Annaeus Seneca I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling. Lucius Annaeus Seneca If a man knows not what harbour he seeks, any wind is the right wind. Lucius Annaeus Seneca If thou live according to nature, thou wilt never be poor if according to the opinions of the world, thou wilt never be rich. Lucius Annaeus Seneca If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the gift. Lucius Annaeus Seneca If you wished to be loved, love. Lucius Annaeus Seneca It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have. Lucius Annaeus Seneca It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die. Lucius Annaeus Seneca It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. Lucius Annaeus Seneca It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say let speech harmonize with life. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Liesure without books is death, and burial of a man alive. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline. Lucius Annaeus Seneca No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca No man ever became wise by chance. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Once again prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right and fear oppresses law. Lucius Annaeus Seneca