Seneca
Seneca
adversity affect brave courage external mind powerful pressure
The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.
beasts felicity happier human sensuality
If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh.
power sit supreme
If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.
building carried drudgery equally form inventing inventions lessons lies lowest men object office pace parts perfection philosophy rapid teach time warmth windows writer
In my own time there have been inventions of this sort, transparent windows tubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building short-hand, which has been carried to such a perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most rapid speaker. But the inventing of such things is drudgery for the lowest slaves; philosophy lies deeper. It is not her office to teach men how to use their hands. The object of her lessons is to form the soul.
adversity behold brave conflict contest man matched worthy
Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity
money
But it is a pretty thing to see what money will do!
cure wish
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
behind constant evil fault looks quality
It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it.
men
It is the superfluous things for which men sweat.
dislike great measure mind prefer sign
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess.
quality quantity rather
It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters.
admirer audiences provoke
It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
sentiments
Nothing is so contemptible as the sentiments of the mob.
enjoy mar pleasure pleasures present
So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.