Lucius Annaeus Seneca
9 quotes.
Quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
- Fortune dreads the brave, and is only terrible to the coward.
- It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.
- No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master.
- Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own, behind our back.
- The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
- There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.
- There is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
- There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
- We are sure to get the better of Fortune if we do but grapple with her.