Seneca ( 10 of 106 )
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
It's not hard to find the truth. What is hard is not to run away from it once you have read more
It's not hard to find the truth. What is hard is not to run away from it once you have found it.
No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.
No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.
Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but read more
Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your read more
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
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.
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be read more
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
The sun also shines on the wicked.
The sun also shines on the wicked.
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to read more
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
