Lucius Annaeus Seneca – select quotes
The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is man’s ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.
~ in Epistolae Morales
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
~ in Epistolae Morales
Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
~ in Epistolae Morales
Men learn while they teach.
~ in Epistolae Morales
Life is the gift of the immortal gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy.
~ in Epistolae Morales
No man ever became wise by chance.
~ in Epistolae Morales
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
~ in Epistolae Morales
A hungry people does not listen to reason.
~ in “On the Shortness of Life
To strive with an equal is a doubtful thing to do; with a superior, a mad thing; wtih an inferior, a vulgar thing.
~ in “On Anger
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
~ in Hippolytus
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
It does not matter how many, but how good, books you have.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
One should count each day a separate life.
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