Bad people Quote by Leo Tolstoy

It was a high speech of Seneca that "The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that…

— Francis Bacon

“When the same qualities which we admire in ourselves are seen in others, even though they be superior, maliciously lower and carp at them.”

— John Calvin

“This is what you should teach me, how to be like Odysseus—how to love my country, wife and father, and how, even after suffering…

— Ryan Holiday

“And this puts me in mind of that rich gentleman of Rome, who had been solicitous, with great expense, to procure men that were…

— Michel de Montaigne

“Would I fortify myself against the fear of death, it must be at the expense of Seneca: would I extract consolation for myself or…

— Michel de Montaigne

“In Rome, a woman’s power, however circumspectly exercised, arouses revulsion. Every death in my family circle has been laid at my door.”

— Phyllis T. Smith

“Seneca and stoicism as a back door to explain why everything antifragile has to have more upside than downside”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Death lies heavy upon one who, known exceedingly well by all, dies unknown to himself.” —SENECA, THYESTES,”

— Ryan Holiday

“These things sensibly affected Theseus, who, thinking it but just not to disregard, but rather partake of, the sufferings of his fellow citizens, offered…

— Plutarch

“People offend you, irritate you, breathe contempt and malice against you; do not repay them in the same way, but be gentle, meek, and…

— St. John of Kronstadt

“As Seneca put it: ‘The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today.”

— Michael Foley

“philosophy of Marcus Aurelius and some of the work of Seneca.”

— Robin S. Sharma