Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Senecawas a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionStatesman
evil heart human powerful propensity subdued
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
people satisfies success
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
anxiety reality suffer
There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.
anger frequently hate hurtful injury
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.
compact
He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
good
When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.
justice
May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
appears dead living organic product therefore universal
Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.
wealth
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.
constant danger dangers
Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
architecture believe
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
frivolous meticulous mind presume writers-and-writing
When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
prayer telling truth
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.