Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.
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There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a mind to do it. If a man borrows a paltry sum of money, there must needs be bonds and securities, and every common civility is presently charged upon account. But he who has my time thinks he owes me nothing for it, though it be a debt that gratitude itself can never repay.
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It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
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Simple is the language of truth.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
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Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind.
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We are as answerable for what we give as for what we receive; nay, the misplacing of a benefit is worse than the not receiving of it; for the one is another person's fault, but the other is mine.
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Life, if thou knowest how to use it, is long enough.
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Teach the art of living well.
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How can a thing possibly govern others when it cannot be governed itself?
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A disease is farther on the road to being cured when it breaks forth from concealment and manifests its power.
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Everything hangs on one's thinking.
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No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.
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Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.
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Just where death is expecting you is something we cannot know; so, for your part, expect him everywhere.
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The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution
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Death: There's nothing bad about it at all except the thing that comes before it-the fear of it.
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My joy in learning is partly that it enables me to teach.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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Now we are not merely to stick knowledge on to the soul: we must incorporate it into her; the soul should not be sprinkled with knowledge but steeped in it.
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What with our hooks, snares, nets, and dogs, we are at war with all living creatures, and nothing comes amiss but that which is either too cheap or too common; and all this is to gratify a fantastical palate.