The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
-
-
We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
To the stars through difficulties.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
SENECA THE YOUNGER