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
great heart midst moderation scholars-and-scholarship shows
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
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That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this - that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.
service
You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.
cast raised
Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
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.
Every sin is the result of a collaboration.
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.