Seneca the Younger Quotes about Evil

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.

Seneca the Younger

Evil, Worry, Anticipation

If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.

Seneca the Younger

Evil, Companion, Propensity

"Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius)". Book by Seneca the Younger (Letter CIV), circa 65 AD.

The sun shines even on the wicked.

Seneca the Younger

Evil, Shining, Wicked

"De Beneficiis", III. 25, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 235-36, 1922.

Some there are that torment themselves afresh with the memory of what is past; others, again, afflict themselves with the apprehension of evils to come; and very ridiculously both - for the one does not now concern us, and the other not yet ... One should count each day as a separate life.

Seneca the Younger

Memories, Past, Evil

The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.

Seneca the Younger

Death, Evil, Dying

The evil which assails us is not in the localities we inhabit but in ourselves.

Seneca the Younger

Evil, Locality

The worst thing about getting old is evil men cease to fear you

Seneca the Younger

Men, Evil, Worst

To lose a friend is the greatest of all evils, but endeavour rather to rejoice that you possessed him than to mourn his loss.

Seneca the Younger

Loss, Evil, Endeavour

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

Seneca the Younger

Real, Evil, Suffering

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The evil which assails us is not in the localities we inhabit but in ourselves. We lack strength to endure the least task, being incapable of suffering pain, powerless to enjoy pleasure, impatient with everything. How many invoke death when, after having tried every sort of change, they find themselves reverting to the same sensations, unable to discover any new experience.

Seneca the Younger

Pain, New Experiences, Evil

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.

Seneca the Younger

Money, Loss, Evil

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

Seneca the Younger

Men, Sight, Evil

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