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 More Quotes by Seneca the Younger More Quotes From Seneca the Younger What were once vices are the fashion of the day. Seneca the Younger fashionvices Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders. Seneca the Younger birthdayhappinessbelieve Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man. Seneca the Younger toleranceremembermen Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee! Seneca the Younger paingirlart So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you. Seneca the Younger godmenlife We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods. Seneca the Younger truthgodwant He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing! Seneca the Younger kingsfeardesire Nobody becomes guilty by fate. Seneca the Younger guiltyfateguilt God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded. Seneca the Younger givenhumansrace There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms. Seneca the Younger denialselfhero What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature. Seneca the Younger demanddoemen A king is he who has laid fear aside and the base longings of an evil heart; whom ambition unrestrained and the fickle favor of the reckless mob move not. Seneca the Younger kingsheartmoving Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed. Seneca the Younger conquerillkindness The language of truth is unvarnished enough. Seneca the Younger truth-islanguageenough Not a soul takes thought how well he may live- only how long: yet a good life might be everybody's, a long one can be nobody's. Seneca the Younger good-lifesoullong We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it's past already. Seneca the Younger looking-forwardlife-and-deathpast You will die not because you're ill, but because you're alive. Seneca the Younger live-lifelife-and-deathalive Certain laws have not been written, but they are more fixed than all the written laws. Seneca the Younger fixedcertainlaw Life without literary studies is death. Seneca the Younger studyliterature Remember, not one penny can we take with us into the unknown land. Seneca the Younger penniesmoneyland
