“No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory perusal.”
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Famous Seneca the Younger Quotes
“Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a living tomb.”
“So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow.”
“So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live with you.”
“Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of wickedness.”
“That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.”
“That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which we can have is disregarded.”
“The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.”
“The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in learning.”
“The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they fall.”
“The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.”
“Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable position.”
“No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.”
“Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.”
“Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.”
“Delay not; swift the flight of fortune's greatest favours.”
“Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.”
“It is a youthful failing to be unable to control one's impulses.”
“Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them is not manly.”
“The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.”