Seneca Quotes

What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing. - Seneca

What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him. - Seneca

What is true belongs to me! - Seneca

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more. - Seneca

We're the red corner. Put your money on the red. - James Seneca

Wealth falls on some men as a copper down a drain. - Seneca

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. - Seneca

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift. - Seneca

We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it. - Seneca

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods. - Seneca

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