Seneca
Seneca
costs hunger pride tis
Tis not the belly's hunger that costs so much, but its pride
canadian-politician
We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.
future injure pleasures
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
separate
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
choose death depart house life propose select shall
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
forced together wicked withdraw
We are more wicked together than separately. If you are forced to be in a crowd, then most of all you should withdraw into yourself
bitter calm cannot comfort mind
Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
affects agreeable air business concert ears exclusion flattery men ringing serious voice
The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business
hands sword tool
A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands
debt man recognizes repay taken time
A man who has taken your time recognizes no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay
body home
This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly
blessing confidence source
There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude -- confidence in self.
ashamed causes either following man results sadness success
Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success