Seneca ( 10 of 106 )
Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.
I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and read more
I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands
There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness
To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the read more
If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh.
The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his read more
The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never read more
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit.
