It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. Seneca More Quotes by Seneca More Quotes From Seneca Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment. Seneca Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance. Seneca Delay not swift the flight of fortune's greatest favours. Seneca Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed. Seneca Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body. Seneca Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones. Seneca He who boasts of his ancestry is praising the deeds of another. Seneca He will live ill who does not know how to die well. Seneca I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge. Seneca I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. Seneca I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open? Seneca If virtue precede us every step will be safe. Seneca It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of humanity. Seneca It is a youthful failing to be unable to control one's impulses. Seneca It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. Seneca It is quality rather than quantity that matters. Seneca It is rash to condemn where you are ignorant. Seneca It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth. Seneca It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. Seneca It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one. Seneca
