Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThose griefs burn most which gall in secret.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAlthough a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNo man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
SENECA THE YOUNGERPeople do not die – they kill themselves.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
SENECA THE YOUNGERProsperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDeath is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLeisure without literature is death and burial alive.
SENECA THE YOUNGER