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
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
hands sword tool
A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands
body home
This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly
adversity brave gold men tried
Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity
cured delay reason time
Give yourself time and room; what reason could not avoid, delay has often cured
conclusion conduct scholars-and-scholarship side
He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct
himself power powerful
He is most powerful who has power over himself