Top 25 Quotes by Seneca the Younger of 1124 - Page 38

He that makes himself famous by his eloquence, justice or arms illustrates his extraction, let it be never so mean; and gives inestimable reputation to his parents. We should never have heard of Sophroniscus, but for his son, Socrates; nor of Ariosto and Gryllus, if it had not been for Xenophon and Plato.

Seneca the Younger

Plato, Mean, Son

Plato once wanted to punish one of his slaves and asked his nephew to do the actual whipping for he himself did not own his anger.

Seneca the Younger

Plato, Nephew, Slave

That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.

Seneca the Younger

Fear, Eternity, Ends

Brother, the Great Spirit has made us all. . . . .

Seneca the Younger

Brother, Spirit, Made

He who begs timidly courts a refusal.

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Refusal, Court, Beggar

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 64-65, Hippolytus, II. 593, 1922.

Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.

Seneca the Younger

Failing, Reason, Cures

We deliberate about the parcels of life, but not about life itself, and so we arrive all unawares at its different epochs, and have the trouble of beginning all again. And so finally it is that we do not walk as men confidently towards death, but let death come suddenly upon us.

Seneca the Younger

Life, Men, Different

Life without literary studies is death.

Seneca the Younger

Literature, Study

The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.

Seneca the Younger

Heaven, Earth, Ascent

"Hercules Furens (The Mad Hercules)". Book by Seneca the Younger (line CCCCXXXVII), 1st century AD.

Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law

Seneca the Younger

Retirement, Law, People

You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.

Seneca the Younger

Success, Wisdom, Learning

If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a veil of pleached and intertwining branches, then the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot and your marvel at the thick unbroken shade in the midst of the open spaces, will prove to you the presence of deity.

Seneca the Younger

Space, Views, Sky

Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!

Seneca the Younger

Girl, Art, Pain

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