Life is divided into three periods: that which has been, that which is, that which will be. Of these the present is… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
No one can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. It sets the slave at liberty, carries… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and - even more surprising - it takes the whole of… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Not a soul takes thought how well he may live- only how long: yet a good life might be everybody's, a long… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Hold fast then to this sound and wholesome rule of life; indulge the body only as far as is needful for health. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
What if a man save my life with a draught that was prepared to poison me? The providence of the issue does… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Let us not seek our disease out of ourselves; 'tis in us, and planted in our bowels; and the mere fact that we do… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
