Maxioms by Seneca
No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in read more
No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.
If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the read more
If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh
It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are read more
It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
