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

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that...

People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that...

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

The belly will not listen to advice.

The belly will not listen to advice.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Time heals what reason cannot

Time heals what reason cannot

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare...

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare...

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.

No man was ever wise by chance.

No man was ever wise by chance.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks...

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks...

That grief is light which can take counsel.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into...

Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...