Apothecary Quote by Sydney Smith

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

— Michael Foley

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

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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

— Julian Baggini

“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

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

— Nicholas Carr

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

— Robin S. Sharma

“The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life.” — Seneca”

— Paul Jun

This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time. Seneca Friendship is composed of a single soul…

— Aristotle

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

— Ryan Holiday

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

— Ryan Holiday

“If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human happiness is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh Seneca”

— Will Jelbert

Seneca's virtue shows forth so live and vigorous in his writings, and the defense is so clear there against some of these imputations, as…

— Michel de Montaigne