Seneca The Elder Quotes & Sayings

Let us be brave in the face of adversity. — Seneca The Elder

All art is an imitation of nature. — Seneca The Elder

It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat. — Seneca The Elder

The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends. — Seneca The Elder

Know this, that he that is a friend to himself, is a friend to all men. — Seneca The Elder

For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves. — Seneca The Elder

If you want to be loved, love. — Seneca The Elder

Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death. — Seneca The Elder

The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back — Seneca The Elder

No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition. — Seneca The Elder

You can end love more easily than you can moderate it. — Seneca The Elder

No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him. — Seneca The Elder

Failure changes for the better, success for the worse. — Seneca The Elder

Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed. — Seneca The Elder

When in fear, it is safest to force the attack. — Seneca The Elder

Fortune reveres the brave, and overwhelms the cowardly. — Seneca The Elder

It is wrong not to give a hand to the fallen. This right is common to the whole human race. — Seneca The Elder

No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss, that troubles us. — Seneca The Elder

It is not manly to turn one's back on fortune. — Seneca The Elder

He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility. — Seneca The Elder

Malice drinks one-half of its own poison. — Seneca The Elder

Nothing is our except time. — Seneca The Elder

Courage is a scorner of things which inspire fear. — Seneca The Elder

The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early. — Seneca The Elder

The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective. — Seneca The Elder

There's some end at last for the man who follows a path; mere rambling is interminable. — Seneca The Elder

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him. — Seneca The Elder

What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you. — Seneca The Elder

The great soul surrenders itself to fate. — Seneca The Elder

What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough. — Seneca The Elder

It is not death we fear, but the thought of it. — Seneca The Elder