Quote: A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: He that does good to another does good also to himself. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: The final hour when we cease to exist does not itself bring death; it merely of itself completes the death-process. We reach death at that moment, but we have been a long time on the way. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: Fortune can take away riches, but not courage. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: Crime when it succeeds is called virtue. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: He has committed the crime who profits by it. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: One crime has to be concealed by another. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: It is the superfluous things for which men sweat. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: Disease is not of the body but of the place. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]
Quote: In my own time there have been inventions of this sort, transparent windows tubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building short-hand, which has been carried to such a perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most rapid speaker. But the inventing of such things is drudgery for the lowest slaves; philosophy lies deeper. It is not her office to teach men how to use their hands. The object of her lessons is to form the soul. [ Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)]