Marcus Annaeus Seneca (54 BC – c. AD 39), often known as Seneca the Rhetorician or Seneca the Elder, was a Roman authority on the history and techniques of oratory. He was the father of the stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger (Lucius) who was tutor of Nero and grandfather of Lucan.
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“What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough.”
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“Fortune reveres the brave, and overwhelms the cowardly.”
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“When in fear, it is safest to force the attack.”
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“Courage is a scorner of things which inspire fear.”
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“Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death.”
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“It is not death we fear, but the thought of it.”
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“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.”
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“The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back.”
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“Nothing is our except time.”
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“Courage leads starward, fear toward death.”
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“It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.”
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“No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss, that troubles us.”
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“Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.”
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“No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.”
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“The sun also shines on the wicked.”
45+ Inspirational Quotes by Seneca the Elder:
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