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
bad
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
youth
It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.
purpose
Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
given
That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
gratitude
See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.
A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.
owe
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
manner poverty-and-the-poor
There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.
wants
Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.
crime-and-criminals
One crime has to be concealed by another.
enjoys man quit taste willing
No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.
Do everything as in the eye of another.
bury safety
To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.
mind
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.