If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared. Seneca the Younger More Quotes by Seneca the Younger More Quotes From Seneca the Younger The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God. Seneca the Younger pure holy mind Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. Seneca the Younger benefits love friendship The state of that man's mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable. Seneca the Younger future mind men Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers. Seneca the Younger confidence courage fear Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk. Seneca the Younger philosophical men life It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers. Seneca the Younger practice dog men The abundance of books is distraction Seneca the Younger abundance distraction book The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies. Seneca the Younger dying evil death I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined. Seneca the Younger fate destiny men Virtue is shut out from no one; she is open to all, accepts all, invites all, gentlemen, freedmen, slaves, kings, and exiles; she selects neither house nor fortune; she is satisfied with a human being without adjuncts. Seneca the Younger gentleman kings house He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him. Seneca the Younger pedigree praise doe A favor is to a grateful man delightful always; to an ungrateful man only once. Seneca the Younger grateful favors men You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise. Seneca the Younger appreciation inspirational character Fortune's not content with knocking a man down; she sends him spinning head over heels, crash upon crash. Seneca the Younger spinning crash men The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes.... The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation. Seneca the Younger stronger mind relaxation The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists to sorest temptation from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering. Seneca the Younger greatness temptation men Everything may happen. Seneca the Younger philosophy history art There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness. Seneca the Younger spices genius insanity It is only luxury and avarice that make poverty grievous to us; for it is a very small matter that does our business, and when we have provided against cold, hunger, and thirst, all the rest is but vanity and excess. Seneca the Younger luxury vanity doe Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind. Seneca the Younger vision eye heart
