Seneca The Younger Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Seneca The Younger quotes, Seneca The Younger sayings, and Seneca The Younger proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life. Seneca The Younger
No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master. Seneca The Younger
Ponder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship; but when you have decided to admit him, welcome him with all your heart and soul. Speak as boldly with him as with yourself. Seneca The Younger
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience. Seneca The Younger
Fortune's not content with knocking a man down; she sends him spinning head over heels, crash upon crash. Seneca The Younger
A great mind becomes a great fortune. Seneca The Younger
Resistance to oppression is second nature. Seneca The Younger
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit Seneca The Younger
If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person. Seneca The Younger
He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing! Seneca The Younger
The belly will not listen to advice. Seneca The Younger
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer. Seneca The Younger
Resistance to oppression is second nature. Seneca The Younger
The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today. Seneca The Younger
He who blushes at riding in a rattletrap, will boast when he rides in style. Seneca The Younger
Be harsh with yourself at times. Seneca The Younger
We are so vain as to set the highest value upon those things to which nature has assigned the lowest place. What can be more coarse and rude in the mind than the precious metals, or more slavish and dirty than the people that dig and work them? And yet they defile our minds more than our bodies, and make the possessor fouler than the artificer of them. Rich men, in fine, are only the greater slaves. Seneca The Younger
The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius. Seneca The Younger
The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius. Seneca The Younger
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. Seneca The Younger
That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence. Seneca The Younger
Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more. Seneca The Younger
A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver Seneca The Younger
The profit on a good action is to have done it. Seneca The Younger
No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character. Seneca The Younger
When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man. Seneca The Younger
Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind. Seneca The Younger
Revenge is an inhuman word. Seneca The Younger
Loyalty is the holiest good in the human heart. Seneca The Younger
The wish for healing has always been half of health. Seneca The Younger