It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. Seneca the Younger More Quotes by Seneca the Younger More Quotes From Seneca the Younger The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived. Seneca the Younger giving men thinking 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-friend delight friends 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 passion character night 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 blame judgement giving 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 endeavour evil loss 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 ought body should 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 teacher memories book 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 money evil loss Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium Seneca the Younger intelligence mediocrity helping He who is penitent is almost innocent. Seneca the Younger penitence innocent It is the characteristic of a weak and diseased mind to fear the unfamiliar. Seneca the Younger atheism weak mind What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears. Seneca the Younger wise life death 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 misery work-out desire No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory perusal. Seneca the Younger mere merit The worst thing about getting old is evil men cease to fear you Seneca the Younger worst evil men It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity. Seneca the Younger faults youth Fortune dreads the brave, and is only terrible to the coward. Seneca the Younger coward brave fortune Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged Seneca the Younger traits hate humans Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity. Seneca the Younger adversity hero men Time is the one thing that is given to everyone in equal measure. Seneca the Younger calendars given time
