38 quotes
Roman scholar, writer and historian (54 BC-c.39 AD)
“There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.”
"Let us be brave in the face of adversity."
on Courage
"A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand."
on Wisdom
"Malice drinks one-half of its own poison."
"We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality."
on Fear
"The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity."
"What must be shall be and that which is a necessity to him that struggles is little more than choice to him that is willing."
on Life
"One who's our friend is fond of us one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend."
on Friendship
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage."
"Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands."
on Mindfulness
"It is not death we fear but the thought of it."
"If we let things terrify us life will not be worth living."
"The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable."
on Anxiety
"The good things that belong to prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired."
"Fire is the test of gold adversity of strong men."
"Brave men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war."
"The great soul surrenders itself to fate."
on Philosophy
"Greed's worst point is its ingratitude."
on Gratitude
"For greed all nature is too little."
"Unhappy is the man though he rule the world who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed."
