Maxioms by Seneca (lucius Annaeus Seneca)
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
[Lat., Saepe satius fuit dissimulare quam read more
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
[Lat., Saepe satius fuit dissimulare quam ulcisci.]
There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae read more
There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to
his own work, may direct his gaze. read more
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to
his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy
of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.
[Lat., Ecce spectaculum dignum, ad quod respiciat intentus operi
suo Deus. Ecce par Deo dignum, vir fortis cum mala fortuna
compositus.]
Light troubles speak; immense troubles are silent.
[Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]
Light troubles speak; immense troubles are silent.
[Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]
