Believe Quote by Michel de Montaigne

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

— Ryan Holiday

“Seneca may have put it best two thousand years ago: “To be everywhere is to be nowhere.”51”

— Nicholas Carr

“No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.’ Seneca (c. 4 BCE to 65 AD)”

— Julian Baggini

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

— Robin S. Sharma

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

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

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Seneca devoted much of his time to writing essays in praise of poverty, and in lending money at usurious rates.

— Josh Billings

“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

“According to Seneca, Apicius committed suicide because, having spent one tenth of a considerable fortune on his kitchen, he realized that he could not…

— Mark Kurlansky

We stand in need of such reflections to comfort us for the loss of some illustrious characters, which in our eyes might have seemed…

— Edward Gibbon

“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

“Leisure without study is death—a tomb for the living person.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 82.4”

— Ryan Holiday