This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
If you don't know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present. But that man… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
A man who has taken your time recognises no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The deep waters of time will flow over us: only a few men of genius will lift a head above the surface,… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Ponder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship; but when you have decided to admit… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
When some state or other offered Alexander a part of its territory and half of all its property he told them that… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of men, not of the times. [Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember ...] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The velocity with which time flies is infinite, as is most apparent to those who look back. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Time is the one thing that is given to everyone in equal measure. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
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
The time will come when diligent research over periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden...Many discoveries are reserved for… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always to take… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Only a great man, believe me, and one whose excellence rises far above human failings, will not allow anything to be stolen… — 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
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