Speech is the mirror of the mind. (Imago Animi Sermo Est) by Seneca

Speech is the mirror of the mind. (Imago Animi Sermo Est)

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There is no great genius without some touch of madness. by Seneca

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

He who spares the wicked injures the good. by Seneca

He who spares the wicked injures the good.

While we are postponing, life speeds by. by Seneca

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours... by Seneca

Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one... by Seneca

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.

Fate rules the affairs of mankind with no recognizable order. by Seneca

Fate rules the affairs of mankind with no recognizable order.

If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is fa... by Seneca

If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favourable to him.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more... by Seneca

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

No one can wear a mask for very long. by Seneca

No one can wear a mask for very long.

The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error. by Seneca

The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.

The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.

We deliberate about the parcels of life, but not about life itself, and so we arrive all unawares at its different epochs, and have the trouble of beginning all again. And so finally it is that we do not walk as men confidently towards death, but let death come suddenly upon us.

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he recei... by Seneca

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.

Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est. Translated: A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of... by Seneca

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.

It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is fav... by Seneca

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.