Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Senecawas a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionStatesman
behind self-knowledge sins
Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.
along fate leads
Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
change fault riches
The acquisition of riches has been to many not an end to their miseries, but a change in them: The fault is not in the riches, but the disposition.
charm charming conversation insidious love secrets
Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
charm conversation insidious love secrets
Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insinuating and insidious something that elicits secrets just like love or liquor.
business port wind
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
angry ill mad man nor physician sick
A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant.
greatness heights leads rough
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
act
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
remove restraint severe
Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?
man sick
It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
expecting impediment loses
Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.
bottom economy economy-and-economics late
Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse.
affairs fate rules
Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order.