“all the works of mortal man have been doomed to mortality, and in the midst of things which have been destined to… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Whatever years be behind… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Let us be brave in the face of hazards. Let us not fear wrongs, or wounds, or bonds, or poverty. And what… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“No one dies except on his own day. You are throwing away none of your own time; for what you leave behind… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“we deceive ourselves in thinking that death only follows life whereas it both goes before and will follow after it for where… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“What man can you show me who places any value on his time, who reckons the worth of each day, who understands… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Each day... acquire something which will help you to face poverty, or death, and other ills as well. After running over a… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Not single is the death which comes; the death Which takes us off is but the last of all.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Undisturbed by fears and unspoiled by pleasures, we shall be afraid neither of death nor the gods.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“It is regret for the absence of his loved one which causes a mourner to grieve: yet it is clear that this… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“You are living as if destined to live for ever; your own frailty never occurs to you; you don’t notice how much… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“I wish Lucilius you had been so happy as to have taken this resolution long ago I wish we had not deferred… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Each day acquire something that will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed against other misfortunes as well; and after you have… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“You should, I need hardly say, live in such a way that there is nothing which you could not as easily tell your enemy… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“the wise man is self-sufficient, that he can do without friends, not that he desires to do without them. When I say "can," I… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“This, I say, is the highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom, – that deed and word should be in accord, that” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“But both courses are to be avoided; you should not copy the bad simply because they are many, nor should you hate the many… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Virtue alone affords everlasting and peace-giving joy; even if some obstacle arise, it is but like an intervening cloud, which floats beneath the sun… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“I’ve come across people who say that there is a sort of inborn restlessness in the human spirit and an urge to change one’s… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Withdraw into yourself, as far as you can. Associate with those who will make a better man of you. Welcome those whom you yourself… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“On Epicurus; He says: "Contended poverty is an honourable estate." Indeed, if it is contented, it is not poverty at all. It is not… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
