
Lucius Seneca
Born | 104? B.C. Corduba, Spain |
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Died | 1065 Rome |
The repository contains 10 quotes from Seneca.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Preparation • Success and Failure
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
Never too late is trod the path to honesty.
I shall never be ashamed to quote a bad author if what he says is good.
Whatever is well-said by another, is mine.
No one is made guilty by fate.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
To err is human. To repeat error is of the Devil.