A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
-
-
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Who timidly requests invites refusal.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
SENECA THE YOUNGER