Seneca ( 10 of 106 )
It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past
It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past
Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but read more
Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.
No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.
No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.
Abstinence is easier than temperance
Abstinence is easier than temperance
Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.
Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your read more
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in read more
No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one read more
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
