No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures. 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 pureholymind Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. Seneca the Younger benefitslovefriendship The state of that man's mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable. Seneca the Younger futuremindmen Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers. Seneca the Younger confidencecouragefear Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk. Seneca the Younger philosophicalmenlife It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers. Seneca the Younger practicedogmen The abundance of books is distraction Seneca the Younger abundancedistractionbook The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies. Seneca the Younger dyingevildeath 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 fatedestinymen 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 gentlemankingshouse He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him. Seneca the Younger pedigreepraisedoe A favor is to a grateful man delightful always; to an ungrateful man only once. Seneca the Younger gratefulfavorsmen You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise. Seneca the Younger appreciationinspirationalcharacter Fortune's not content with knocking a man down; she sends him spinning head over heels, crash upon crash. Seneca the Younger spinningcrashmen 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 strongermindrelaxation 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 greatnesstemptationmen Everything may happen. Seneca the Younger philosophyhistoryart There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness. Seneca the Younger spicesgeniusinsanity 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 luxuryvanitydoe Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind. Seneca the Younger visioneyeheart
