To strive with an equal is dangerous with a superior, mad with an inferior, degrading. Lucius Annaeus Seneca More Quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca More Quotes From Lucius Annaeus Seneca We are more wicked together than separately. If you are forced to be in a crowd, then most of all you should withdraw into yourself. Lucius Annaeus Seneca We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us or close to us. Lucius Annaeus Seneca It is quality rather than quantity that matters. Lucius Annaeus Seneca brainymattersthanquantityquality We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. Lucius Annaeus Seneca moreimaginationhurtreality There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse. Lucius Annaeus Seneca personownwhoremorse Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity. Lucius Annaeus Seneca lightrainskylife Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. Lucius Annaeus Seneca adversitybravemenwar True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. Lucius Annaeus Seneca true-happinessfutureenjoyhappiness A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. Lucius Annaeus Seneca brainywithoutmantrials Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. Lucius Annaeus Seneca human-beingkindnessopportunity It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. Lucius Annaeus Seneca heightsroadgreatroughgreatness A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. Lucius Annaeus Seneca killerswordhandnever Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes. Lucius Annaeus Seneca nothingmadnessevilfoolish Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca usmorehurtfulanger Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. Lucius Annaeus Seneca difficultiesbodylabormind The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca moregooddeservehopefortune A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. Lucius Annaeus Seneca giftintentiondonebirthday For greed all nature is too little. Lucius Annaeus Seneca toolittlegreednature
