Seneca Quotes
Collection compiled by Catherine PulsiferAn unpopular rule is never long maintained.
Fate rules the affairs of mankind with no recognizable order.
While the fates permit, live happily; life speeds on with hurried step, and with winged days the wheel of the headlong year is turned.
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one.
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
No one can wear a mask for very long.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude - confidence in self.
The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
He is most powerful who has power over himself.
Where the speech is corrupted, the mind is also.
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
Born: 5 BC
Died: 65 AD
Seneca was a roman dramatist, philosopher, and politician.
While his quotes were spoken many years ago they still hold wisdom for today.
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slow to unlearn
what it learnt early."
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