Seneca
Seneca
affects agreeable air business concert ears exclusion flattery men ringing serious voice
The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business
articulate mere noise voice
The articulate voice is more distracting than mere noise
cured delay reason time
Give yourself time and room; what reason could not avoid, delay has often cured
burial letters living love retirement
Retirement without the love of letters is a living burial
debt man recognizes repay taken time
A man who has taken your time recognizes no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay
himself power powerful
He is most powerful who has power over himself
gift gifts immortal life living philosophy
Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy
advice life terrify worth
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
blessing confidence source
There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude -- confidence in self.
bitter calm cannot comfort mind
Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
adversity brave gold men tried
Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity
hands sword tool
A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands
body home
This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly
ashamed causes either following man results sadness success
Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success