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Seneca the Younger Quotes

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC – A.D. 65), often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and humorist. He was the son of Seneca the Elder.

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Also known as: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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He who is too powerful, is still aiming at that degree of power which is unattainable.

It is uncertain in what place death may await thee; therefore expect it in any place.

When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty.

In the great inconstancy and crowd of events, nothing is certain except the past.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

He knows that the man is overcome ingloriously, who is overcome without danger.

It is an extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die.

Sometimes death is a punishment; often a gift; it has been a favor to many.

Among other evils folly has also this, that it is always beginning to live.

What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.

The soul has this proof of its divinity: that divine things delight it.

Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.

There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.

How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.

When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.

No time is too short for the wicked to injure their neighbors.

It is too late to spare when you reach the dregs of the cask.

Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your betters.

Most of the giddy rabble hate the evil deed they come to see.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Seneca the Younger (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.