Seneca ( 10 of 106 )
It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die
It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one read more
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
He is most powerful who has power over himself
He is most powerful who has power over himself
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess.
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess.
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Life is a play. It's not its length, but its performance that counts.
Life is a play. It's not its length, but its performance that counts.
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.