The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
It was the saying of a great man, that if we could trace our descents, we should find all slaves to come… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The wise man lives as long as he should, not just as long as he likes. — 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
If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all… — 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
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
