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
Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.
crime-and-criminals
He has committed the crime who profits by it.
Whatever is well said by another, is mine.
Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
man
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
approach liberty man
The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
call names
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
There is no delight in owning anything unshared.
both fear help meanest none power stand
There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
achieved becomes flight home internal moral morality unsettled
I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.
branch clear devote notions remarkable science shun toil
Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.
anger best
The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.
prayer
Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.