Seneca
Seneca
creature fellow hold remember whenever
Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
appearance general greater people whom
There are no greater wretches in the world than many of those whom people in general take to be happy.
fashion vices
What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
corrupted speakers-and-speaking speech
When ever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
largest progress wish
To wish to progress is the largest part of progress.
ancestry boast brag owe
Those who boast of their decent, brag on what they owe to others.
art bear borne bravely cannot endured girl midst pain scorned short slight thou
Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!
bent cares hungry justice listens nor people prayers
A hungry people listens not to reason, nor cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers
age-and-aging among declining embrace extreme gradually love maintain pleasure reached sweetest
As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life, and I maintain that, even when they have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasure still.
authority founded injustice
Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
fools-and-foolishness hatred inflicted
A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.
deal egyptian palate pleasures strangle whom
The pleasures of the palate deal with us like the Egyptian thieves, who strangle those whom they embrace.
insult
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
man sick
It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.