“How closely flattery resembles friendship! It not only apes friendship, but outdoes it, passing it in the race; with wide-open and indulgent… — Seneca Friendship Copy Share Image
“A pleasure that is ephemeral brings no true satisfaction to any man. How miserable must be the lives of those folk who… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Philosophy calls for plain living, but not for penance; and we may perfectly well be plain and neat at the same time.… — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“And so, if only we are willing to withdraw our necks from the yoke, we can keep as stout a heart against… — Seneca Freedom Copy Share Image
“But," comes the reply, "I am being driven from the farm which my father and grandfather owned!" Well? Who owned the land… — Seneca Parenting Copy Share Image
“Again, do you call those men leisured who spend many hours at the barber’s simply to cut whatever grew overnight, to have… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Similarly, too rich a soil makes the grain fall flat, branches break down under too heavy a load, excessive productiveness does not… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“He who restrains himself within the limits prescribed by nature, will not feel poverty; he who exceeds them will always be poor,… — Seneca Money Copy Share Image
“It's not that we have little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it.” — Seneca Lifetime Copy Share Image
“Reflect that nothing merits admiration except the spirit, the impressiveness of which prevents it from being impressed by anything.” — Seneca Philosophy 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 is regret for the absence of his loved one which causes a mourner to grieve: yet it is clear that this… — Seneca Absence Copy Share Image
“We shall consider later whether these evils derive their power from their own strength, or from our own weakness.” — Seneca Strength Copy Share Image
“Would you rather be poor and sated, or rich and hungry? Prosperity is not only greedy, but it also lies exposed to… — Seneca Greed Copy Share Image
“Happy is the man who can make others better, not merely when he is in their company, but even when he is… — Seneca Business 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 Death Copy Share Image
“It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. Life is long enough,… — Seneca Life 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
“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
