Best quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca on Man

Checkout quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca on Man

  • A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
    - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.
    - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
    - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
    - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
    - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.
    - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
    - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant.
    - Lucius Annaeus Seneca