Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

He that makes himself famous by his eloquence, justice or arms illustrates his extraction, let it be never so mean; and gives inestimable reputation to his parents. We should never have heard of Sophroniscus, but for his son, Socrates; nor of Ariosto and Gryllus, if it had not been for Xenophon and Plato.

Seneca the Younger

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• Anglo-Saxon kings often used to favour their sister's son to their own - for at least you could guarantee there was your own blood in your sister's son!

  

  Kate Williams
  • Son
  • Sister
  • Kings

• I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.

  

  Ted Turner
  • Mean
  • Point
  • Move

• Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.

  

  Wendell Berry
  • Nature
  • Party
  • Justice

• What drew me to the character is that Roberto Duran is the son of an American soldier - a Marine - stationed in Panama and a humble Panamanian mother, and he was abandoned.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • Character
  • American
  • Mother

• Once you take a role, you have to do it properly and do it justice.

  

  Tamsin Egerton
  • You
  • Justice
  • Role

• Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.

  

  A. Bartlett Giamatti
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Art

• If you have a line of business - I know this as a CEO - or if you have a teenager - I know this as a parent - who have a spending problem, what do you do? You quit giving them money.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Money
  • Business
  • Giving

• My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.

  

  Ferdinand Foch
  • Giving
  • Way
  • Situation

• As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.

  

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
  • Children
  • Giving
  • Powerful

• Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

  

  Walter Scott
  • Greatness
  • Drinking
  • Vices

• For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean balanced relationships, based on mutual respect and observation of each other's rights.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • Respect
  • Mean
  • Relationships

• I'd love for my son to go, 'Hey, Mom, I'd love to have a career that is stable.' I'd be so happy. But of course, whatever makes him happy is what he's going to do.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Love
  • Happy
  • Career

• You must remember that anyone under 30 - especially a ballplayer - is an adolescent. I never got close to being an adult until I was 32. Even though I was married and had a son at 20, I was a kid at 32, living at home with my parents. Sure, I was a manager then. That doesn't mean you're grown up.

  

  Earl Weaver
  • Up
  • Home
  • Remember

• I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

  

  Barry Goldwater
  • Me
  • Justice
  • Politics

• Textures apply to everything I do. Even within my music, I like smooth things, and then hard and fluffy things, all giving them their place to shine.

  

  FKA twigs
  • Music
  • Giving
  • Shine

• Fortunately, I'm married to someone who's a pretty excellent parent!

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Pretty
  • Parent
  • Someone

• Back when the concept of organ transplants qualified as science fiction, novelist Maurice Renard wrote a thriller called 'Les Mains d'Orlac.' Call it a bastard offspring of 'Frankenstein;' its plot revolved around the old theme of Science Giving Us Stuff We Shouldn't Have - in this particular case, restoring severed body parts.

  

  Kage Baker
  • Science
  • Giving
  • Body

• Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • Made
  • Greatness
  • Had

• On a day-to-day level, I love watching my kids accomplish the little things that seem trivial but are really milestones: seeing my son hit a baseball or watching my daughter draw something that actually looks like what she says she's drawing. Or hearing them say 'I love you.'

  

  Matt Lauer
  • She
  • Kids
  • Son

• The idea that addiction is somehow a psychological illness is, I think, totally ridiculous. It's as psychological as malaria. It's a matter of exposure. People, generally speaking, will take any intoxicant or any drug that gives them a pleasant effect if it is available to them.

  

  William S. Burroughs
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Giving

• You must not take out your sword because if you try to kill someone, you must die for it yourself. What you must do instead is kill yourself, kill your own mind.

  

  Taisen Deshimaru
  • Mind
  • Die

• Is time our invention, or is time a real thing... I realize we're measuring it, but in the cosmic scheme of things, is there really time?

  

  Art Bell
  • Time
  • Real

• He that makes himself famous by his eloquence, justice or arms illustrates his extraction, let it be never so mean; and gives inestimable reputation to his parents. We should never have heard of Sophroniscus, but for his son, Socrates; nor of Ariosto and Gryllus, if it had not been for Xenophon and Plato.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Giving
  • Mean
  • Justice