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Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Seneca the Younger (circa 4 BC – 65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist who served as an advisor to Emperor Nero. His writings on ethics, anger, grief, and the shortness of life remain cornerstones of Stoic philosophy and continue to resonate with modern readers seeking wisdom on how to live well.

“True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Future

All Quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“If you wished to be loved, love.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Love

“The good things of prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Good

“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Anger

“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Good

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Business

“There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Fear

“Where fear is, happiness is not.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Fear

“There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Good

“To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Art

“Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Nature

“When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Good

“I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Good

“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Learning

“Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Anger

“It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Men

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Religion

“Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Respect

“No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Truth

“So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

God

“He who has great power should use it lightly.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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