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
happy lied outside pale thrust ways
No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.
harbor man
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
everywhere foreign friends-or-friendship spends time
Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.
author bad citing quotes shall
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
benefit sticks
We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
demands display few grief men sad
The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.
fade health
Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.
good gratitude mind
There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
dumb envy speakers-and-speaking
When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.
man
If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.
beyond both either existence ignorant life men middle people transcends
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
adversity affect external mind powerful
The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.
anger stored vessel
Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
dislike mind prefer sign
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.