What’s the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.
SENECAWhat’s the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.
SENECANo man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
SENECABe not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
SENECAGreat men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
SENECATo be everywhere is to be nowhere.
SENECAIt is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
SENECAAnger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
SENECARetire into yourself as much as possible.
SENECAAll cruelty springs from weakness.
SENECAThey lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn
SENECANo tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
SENECAIt is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
SENECAThe greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
SENECAOur fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
SENECAIf we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
SENECATo win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
SENECA