Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDrunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREven after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAll my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
SENECA THE YOUNGERReasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLight is that grief which counsel can allay.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
SENECA THE YOUNGEREnjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
SENECA THE YOUNGER