Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination than in reality.

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Fear Quotes, Illusions Quotes, Imagination Quotes, Suffering Quotes

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless...

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless...

No man was ever wise by chance.

No man was ever wise by chance.

In every good man a God dwell

In every good man a God dwell

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand...

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand...

The worse a person is the less he feels it.

The worse a person is the less he feels it.

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

Time discovers truth.

Time discovers truth.

Life without the courage for death is slavery

Life without the courage for death is slavery

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to...

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to...

Excessive power sees power beyond its power

Excessive power sees power beyond its power

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.

A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to...

It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to...

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering...

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering...