Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view. Seneca the Younger More Quotes by Seneca the Younger More Quotes From Seneca the Younger An unpopular rule is never long maintained. Seneca the Younger long Lack of desire is the greatest riches. Seneca the Younger richeswealthdesire He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule. Seneca the Younger dreadtoo-muchfear He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another. Seneca the Younger ancestryfamilydeeds Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening. Seneca the Younger angelspeaklistening I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling Seneca the Younger distanceinspirelife Virtue hath no virtue if it be not impugned; then appeareth how great it is, of what value and power it is, when by patience it approveth what it works. Seneca the Younger valuesvirtueifs Pleasure dies at the very moment when it charms us most. Seneca the Younger charmpleasuremoments Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged. Seneca the Younger badassqualitypain In a moment the ashes are made, but a forest is a long time growing. Seneca the Younger ashesnaturelong The part of life which we really live is short. Seneca the Younger parts-of-lifeshort-lifelife A disease is farther on the road to being cured when it breaks forth from concealment and manifests its power. Seneca the Younger concealmentdiseasebreak Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue? Seneca the Younger restraintvirtuephilosophy Freedom can't be bought for nothing. If you hold her precious, you must hold all else of little worth. Seneca the Younger libertyfreedomlittles Cato, being scurrilously treated by a low and vicious fellow, quietly said to him, "A contest between us is very unequal, for thou canst bear ill language with ease, and return it with pleasure; but to me it is unusual to hear, and disagreeable to speak it." There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it themselves; but the humor goes round, and he that laughs at me today will have somebody to laugh at him tomorrow. Seneca the Younger returnlaughinglying So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live with you. Seneca the Younger inferiorssuperiorswish Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor. Seneca the Younger learningloveknowledge Virtue depends partly upon training and partly upon practice; you must learn first, and then strengthen your learning by action. If this be true, not only do the doctrines of wisdom help us but the precepts also, which check and banish our emotions by a sort of official decree. Seneca the Younger trainingpracticeadvice What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves. Seneca the Younger attachmentself-esteemthinking Beauty is such a fleeting blossom, how can wisdom rely upon its momentary delight? Seneca the Younger rely-uponfleetingbeauty
