“Not single is the death which comes; the death Which takes us off is but the last of all.” — Seneca Death Copy Share Image
“Believe me if you consult philosophy she will persuade you not to lit so long at your counting desk” — Seneca Philosophy Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other evidence of his having lived long except… — Seneca Age Copy Share Image
“It is so, my dear Lucilius; there are a few men whom slavery holds fast, but there are many more who hold… — Seneca Hold fast Copy Share Image
“When Zeno received news of a shipwreck and heard that all his luggage had been sunk he said, 'Fortune bids me to… — Seneca Philosopher Copy Share Image
“Peace you can claim for yourself without being disliked by anyone, without any sense of loss, and without any pangs of spirit.” — Seneca Claim Copy Share Image
“Natural abilities do not respond well to compulsion; when Nature is in opposition, labour is fruitless.” — Seneca Compulsion Copy Share Image
“Inwardly, we ought to be different in every respect, but our outward dress should blend in with the crowd.” — Seneca Fashion Copy Share Image
“In protecting their wealth men are tight-fisted, but when it comes to the matter of time, in the case of the one… — Seneca Matter of time 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 Death Copy Share Image
“But consider whether you may not get more help from the customary method[1] than from that which is now commonly called a… — Seneca Good old days Copy Share Image
“let us keep to the way which Nature has mapped out for us, and let us not swerve therefrom. If we follow… — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“If you look on wealth as a thing to be valued you’ll always fancy yourself to be short of the things you… — Seneca Fortune Copy Share Image
“The happy man, therefore, is he who can make a right judgment in all things: he is happy who in his present… — Seneca Happiest Copy Share Image
“I never spend a day in idleness; I appropriate even a part of the night for study. I do not allow time… — Seneca Education Copy Share Image
“The day has already begun to lessen. It has shrunk considerably, but yet will still allow a goodly space of time if… — Seneca Time Copy Share Image
“Religion is regarded by the ignorant as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” — Seneca Ignorant Copy Share Image
“Awake, my heart, And do such deeds as in the time to come No tongue shall praise, but none refuse to tell.” — Seneca Praise Copy Share Image
“Why not stop trying to prevent posterity being silent about you? You were born to die, and a silent funeral is less… — Seneca Born to die Copy Share Image
“In sapientis quoque animo, etiam cum uulnus sanatum est, cicatrix manet." : "The wise man's mind will keep its scar long after… — Seneca Scar Copy Share Image
“All things were ready for us at our birth; it is we that have made everything difficult for ourselves, through our disdain… — Seneca Birth Copy Share Image
“The amount of life we truly live is small. For our existence on Earth is not Life, but merely Time.” — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“life is not worth living, and there is no limit to our sorrows, if we indulge our fears to the greatest possible… — Seneca Fear Copy Share Image
“it is only in the ideal or perfect state that the virtues of the good citizen and the good man are identical.” — Seneca Character Copy Share Image
“We shall be rich with all the more comfort, if we once learn how far poverty is from being a burden” — Seneca Money Copy Share Image
Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination than in reality. — Seneca Danger Copy Share Image
“Suspice, etiam si decidunt, magna conantes " "Admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail" "Admira, incluso si caen, a… — Seneca Admire Copy Share Image
“The things that are indispensable require no elaborate pains for their acquisition; it is only the luxuries that call for labour. Follow… — Seneca Luxuries Copy Share Image
“The geat blessing of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and like people in the… — Seneca Blessings Copy Share Image
“As far as I am concerned, I know that I have lost not wealth but distractions. The body’s needs are few: it… — Seneca Body needs Copy Share Image
“Does it serve any useful purpose to know that Pompey was the first to exhibit the slaughter of eighteen elephants in the… — Seneca Pompey Copy Share Image
“From this state also will he flee. If I should attempt to enumerate them one by one, I should not find a… — Seneca Government Copy Share Image
“Do you think that the man has any thought of mending his ways who counts over his vices as if they were… — Seneca Time Copy Share Image
“It's not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it. Life is long enough, and… — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“For the wise man does not consider himself unworthy of any gifts from Fortune’s hands: he does not love wealth but he… — Seneca Character Copy Share Image
People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that it is within everyone's reach to live… — Seneca Living Copy Share Image
“You are unfortunate in my judgment, for you have never been unfortunate. You have passed through life with no antagonist to face… — Seneca Adversity 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 Brave Copy Share Image
“It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, – the superfluous things that wear our togas threadbare, that force us to… — Seneca Sweat Copy Share Image
“Therefore, nothing ought to be unexpected by us. Our minds should be sent forward in advance to meet all problems, and we… — Seneca Psychology Copy Share Image