The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself.
By Seneca
The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.
By Seneca
The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
By Seneca
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
By Seneca
The best ideas are common property.
By Seneca
The arts are the servant wisdom its master.
By Seneca
The arts are the servant; wisdom its master.
By Seneca
Speech is the mirror of the mind.
By Seneca
Speech is the mirror of the mind.
(Imago Animi Sermo Est)
By Seneca
Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est.
By Seneca
One should count each day a separate life.
By Seneca
One hand washes the other.
By Seneca
One hand washes the other.
(Manus Manum Lavet)
By Seneca
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
By Seneca
Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
By Seneca
Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them in not manly.
By Seneca
Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable.
By Seneca
No one can wear a mask for very long.
By Seneca
No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.
By Seneca
No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favour, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.
By Seneca
Most powerful is he who has himself in his power.
By Seneca
Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.
By Seneca
Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
By Seneca
Live among men as if God beheld you speak to God as if men were listening.
By Seneca
Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were listening.
By Seneca
Live with men as if God saw you converse with God as if men heard you.
By Seneca
Life without the courage for death is slavery.
By Seneca
Let tears flow of their own accord their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.
By Seneca
Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.
By Seneca
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
By Seneca
