“distringit librorum multitudo (the abundance of books is distraction)” — Seneca Book Copy Share Image
“I do not regard a man as poor, if the little which remains is enough for him.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
Women give nothing to friendship except what they borrow from love. — Seneca Friendship 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
“Religion is regarded by the ignorant as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” — Seneca 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
“Peace you can claim for yourself without being disliked by anyone, without any sense of loss, and without any pangs of spirit.” — Seneca 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
“Natural abilities do not respond well to compulsion; when Nature is in opposition, labour is fruitless.” — Seneca Compulsion 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
Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination than in reality. — Seneca Danger 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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 should not manifest surprise at any sort of condition into which we are born, and which should be lamented by no… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“While we are postponing, life speeds by. Nothing, Lucilius, is ours, except time. We were entrusted by nature with the ownership of… — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“No prizefighter can go with high spirits into the strife if he has never been beaten black and blue; the only contestant… — Seneca Inspirational Copy Share Image
“Look back in memory and consider when you ever had a fixed plan, how few days have passed as you had intended,… — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“The following also was nobly spoken by someone or other, for it is doubtful who the author was; they asked him what… — Seneca Art Copy Share Image
“All the greatest blessings are a source of anxiety, and at no time should fortune be less trusted than when it is… — Seneca Anxiety Copy Share Image
“In truth, Serenus, I have for a long time been silently asking myself to what I should liken such a condition of… — Seneca Aftermath Copy Share Image
