"In my own time there have been inventions……" — Seneca the Younger

"In my own time there have been inventions of this sort, transparent windows tubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building short-hand, which has been carried to such a perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most rapid speaker. But the inventing of such things is drudgery for the lowest slaves; philosophy lies deeper. It is not her office to teach men how to use their hands. The object of her lessons is to form the soul."

— Seneca the Younger

All Quotes Been Quotes Building Quotes Carried Quotes Deeper Quotes Diffusing Quotes Drudgery Quotes Equally Quotes Form Quotes Hand Quotes Hands Quotes Her Lessons Quotes Her Office Quotes Inventing Quotes Invention Quotes Inventions Quotes Keep Quotes Keep Pace Quotes Lessons Quotes Lies Quotes Lies Deeper Quotes Lowest Quotes Lying Quotes Men Quotes Most Quotes My Own Quotes My Own Time Quotes Object Quotes Office Quotes Own Quotes Own Time Quotes Pace Quotes Parts Quotes Perfection Quotes Philosophy Quotes Philosophy Lies Quotes Rapid Quotes Rapids Quotes Short Quotes Short Hand Quotes Slave Quotes Slaves Quotes Sort Quotes Soul Quotes Speaker Quotes Speakers Quotes Such Quotes Teach Quotes Teach Men Quotes Their Hands Quotes Things Quotes Time Quotes Transparent Quotes Tubes Quotes Use Quotes Use Their Hands Quotes Warmth Quotes Window Quotes Windows Quotes Writer Quotes

765 Quotes by Seneca the Younger

Seneca the Younger has 765 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 765 quotes by Seneca the Younger »

More All Quotes

This quote is filed under All Quotes, one of 128,558 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally… — Hannah Arendt
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our… — Hannah Arendt
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all… — Hannah Arendt
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes… — Hannah Arendt
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of… — Hannah Arendt
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and… — Hannah Arendt
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is… — Pietro Aretino
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle

See all 128,558 All Quotes »