If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions. Seneca the Younger More Quotes by Seneca the Younger More Quotes From Seneca the Younger It is not how many books thou hast, but how good; careful reading profiteth, while that which is full of variety delighteth. Seneca the Younger careful reading book I would rather be sick than idle. Seneca the Younger idle sick Virtue depends partly upon training and partly upon practice; you must learn first, and then strengthen your learning by actions. Seneca the Younger training practice firsts Good sides to adversity are best admired at a distance. Seneca the Younger distance adversity sides Such is the blindness, nay the insanity of mankind, that some men are driven to death by the fear of it. Seneca the Younger driven men insanity Plato once wanted to punish one of his slaves and asked his nephew to do the actual whipping for he himself did not own his anger. Seneca the Younger slave nephew plato A thousand approaches lie open to death. Seneca the Younger approach thousand lying How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same. Seneca the Younger destination honor action I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives. Seneca the Younger dont-trust philosophical trust Crime when it succeeds is called virtue. Seneca the Younger philosophical succeed virtue One crime has to be concealed by another. Seneca the Younger philosophical crime prison Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display? Seneca the Younger philosophical real feels The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity. Seneca the Younger prosperity philosophical heart Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall. Seneca the Younger ruins philosophical fall To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power. Seneca the Younger philosophical political art You must know for which harbor you are headed, if you are to catch the right wind to take you there. Seneca the Younger spiritual wind inspirational He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone. Seneca the Younger american-indian all-alone native-american Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it. Seneca the Younger fidelity prosperity adversity Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money. Seneca the Younger fidelity overcoming ...the geometrician teaches me how to work out the size of my estates rather than how to work out how much a man needs in order to have enough....You geometers can calculate the area of circles, can reduce any given shape to a square, can state the distances separating starts. Nothing's outside your scope when it comes to measurement. Well, if you're such an expert, measure a man's soul; tell me how large or how small that is. You can define a straight line; what use is that to you if you've no idea what straightness means in life? Seneca the Younger distance teaching mean
