Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREvery new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
SENECA THE YOUNGERHis head was turned by too great success.
SENECA THE YOUNGERVice may be learnt, even without a teacher
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLuck never made a man wise.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt 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 YOUNGERNo one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
SENECA THE YOUNGERUnblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
SENECA THE YOUNGER