It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAll art is but imitation of nature.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
-
-
Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
SENECA THE YOUNGER -
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 YOUNGER -
Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
SENECA THE YOUNGER