Seneca
Seneca
govern life secret
I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?
brings night troubles
Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.
anger ruins smash
Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.
adversity belong good
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
lament laughter life man
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
beyond burns fire gives life matter sun thunder wind
Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
half health
The wish for healing has always been half of health.
adversity against bravest great man struggling
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
frailty greatness man true
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.
common people regarded religion rulers
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
brave men rejoice soldiers triumph veterans-day war
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
birthday consists gifts giver
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
fault gratitude great mine oblige thankful
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.