The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
SENECA THE YOUNGERStudy rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
SENECA THE YOUNGERGenius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
SENECA THE YOUNGERYou can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLet the weary at length possess quiet rest.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNo man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDesultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAs the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
SENECA THE YOUNGERMay be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
SENECA THE YOUNGERSlavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDrunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
SENECA THE YOUNGER