Seneca the Younger Professions : PhilosopherBorn : 4 BCDied : 65 Browse All Authors Top 1126 quotes by Seneca the Younger Time is the one thing that is given to everyone in equal measure. Seneca the Younger calendarsgiventime If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared. Seneca the Younger delightshut-upwisdom All things are cause for either laughter or weeping. Seneca the Younger weepinglaughtercauses The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself. Seneca the Younger mindinspirationalpeace It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob. Seneca the Younger proofcauses Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them. Seneca the Younger exposurephilosophicaldanger My joy in learning is partly that it enables me to teach. Seneca the Younger teachingeducationinspirational The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them. Seneca the Younger dragguidesdestiny It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more. Seneca the Younger luxurydoneexample Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember. Seneca the Younger bearssweetmemories We are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders; but what of war and the much-vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples? Seneca the Younger madjusticewar Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death. Seneca the Younger couragefearheaven There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly. Seneca the Younger wisdomwiseattitude These individulas have riches just as we say that we 'have a fever,' when really the fever has us. Seneca the Younger fevermoneymotivational What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it. Seneca the Younger revengewiseblow No man esteems anything that comes to him by chance; but when it is governed by reason, it brings credit both to the giver and receiver; whereas those favors are in some sort scandalous that make a man ashamed of his patron. Seneca the Younger creditfavorsmen Nothing will ever please me, no matter how excellent or beneficial, if I must retain the knowledge of it to myself. . . . . . No good thing is pleasant to possess, without friends to share it. Seneca the Younger please-merealmatter Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding. Seneca the Younger goes-onlove There are no greater wretches in the world than many of those whom people in general take to be happy. Seneca the Younger appearancepeopleworld Leisure without literature is death and burial alive. Seneca the Younger aliveliteraturedeath Similar Authors F. H. Bradley philosopher Irving Copi philosopher Ivan Ilyin philosopher Ivan Illich philosopher Bion of Borysthenes philosopher Bonaventure philosopherAll Authors
