Seneca. c. 3 B.C.-A.D.65. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Seneca. (c. 3 B.C.–A.D.65)

Not lost, but gone before. 1

Epistolæ. 63, 16.

Whom they have injured they also hate. 2

De Ira. ii. 33.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. 3

De Providentia. 5, 9.

There is no great genius without a tincture of madness. 4

De Tranquillitate Animi. 17.

Do you seek Alcides’ equal? None is, except himself. 5

Hercules Furens. i. 1, 84.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue. 6

Hercules Furens. i. 1, 255.

A good man possesses a kingdom. 7

Thyestes. 380.

I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man. 8

On a Happy Life. 2. (L’Estrange’s Abstract, Chap. i.)

Note 1.
See Rogers, Quotation 8. [back]

Note 2.
See Dryden, Quotation 83. [back]

Note 3.
See Beaumont and Fletcher, Quotation 8. [back]

Note 4.
See Dryden, Quotation 5. [back]

Note 5.
See Theobald, Quotation 1. [back]

Note 6.
See Harrington, Quotation 1. [back]

Note 7.
See Dyer, Quotation 1. [back]

Note 8.
See Watts, Quotation 23. [back]