Seneca d.J.: Zitate auf Englisch (seite 10)

“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”

“Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.”

“The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back.”

“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”

“If one does not know to which port is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

“The wise man is joyful, happy and calm, unshaken, he lives on a plane with the gods.”

“Would not anyone who is a man have his slumbers broken by a war-trumpet rather than by a chorus of serenaders?”

“Marcet sine adversario virtus.”

“Besides, he who is feared, fears also; no one has been able to arouse terror and live in peace of mind.”

“Socrates is reported to have replied, when a certain person complained of having received no benefit from his travels: “It serves you right! You travelled in your own company!””

“The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live. And often this living nobly means that you cannot live long.”

“But how foolish it is to set out one’s life, when one is not even owner of the morrow!”

“All the Good of mortals is mortal.”

“As our acts and our thoughts are, so will our lives be.”

“Is it for this purpose that we are strong—that we may have light burdens to bear?”

“Pain he endures, death he awaits.”

“So near at hand is freedom, and is anyone still a slave?”

“But the wise man knows that all things are in store for him. Whatever happens, he says: “I knew it.””

“He knows his own strength; he knows that he was born to carry burdens.”