Seneca The Younger

There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.
-Seneca

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
-Seneca

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… Read More »21-Aug

When ever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
-Seneca

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life — in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us… Read More »13-Aug

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.
-Seneca

Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.
-Seneca

You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.
-Seneca

It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.
-Seneca