It is better to have useless knowledge than to know nothing. Seneca the Younger More Quotes by Seneca the Younger More Quotes From Seneca the Younger A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller. Seneca the Younger dwarvesclimbingmountain Resistance to oppression is second nature. Seneca the Younger oppressionresistance It’s in the very trickery that it pleases me. But show me how the trick is done, and I have lost my interest therein. Seneca the Younger please-medonelost Those alone are wise who know how to love. Seneca the Younger know-howwiselove The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing. Seneca the Younger quietmentravel If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person. Seneca the Younger differentwanttravel To rule yourself is the ultimate power Seneca the Younger latin-proverbultimate-powerultimate The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand? Seneca the Younger kindspeaksatisfaction What is required is not a lot words, but effectual ones. Seneca the Younger The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors. Seneca the Younger israellandlaw The pleasures of the palate deal with us like Egyptian thieves who strangle those whom they embrace. Seneca the Younger egyptthievespleasure He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct. Seneca the Younger sidesjusticemay I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man. Seneca the Younger eyejudgingmen The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them. Seneca the Younger prisonguiltlying There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds. Seneca the Younger wickednesspunishmentdeeds Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability. Seneca the Younger duessecuritystates Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams. Seneca the Younger vicesdreampeople Life is most delightful on the downward slope. Seneca the Younger delightfulaginglife-is That which achieves its effect by accident is not art. Seneca the Younger effectsachieveart Every one has time if he likes. Business runs after nobody: people cling to it of their own free will and think that to be busy is a proof of happiness. Seneca the Younger runningpeoplethinking
