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Seneca the Younger Quotes - Page 35

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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.

There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.

Seneca the Younger
Punishment, Wickedness, Deeds

Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.

Seneca the Younger
Gratitude, Kindness, Grateful
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 336-37, De Beneficiis, II. 25, 1922.

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live for thyself.

Seneca the Younger
Inspirational, Motivational, Men
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 350-52, Epistolæ Ad Lucilium, XLVIII, 1922.

Home joys are blessed of heaven.

Seneca the Younger
Blessed, Home, Joy

Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.

Seneca the Younger
Quiet, Length, Weary

We pardon familiar vices.

Seneca the Younger
Vices, Pardon, Familiar

Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable.

Seneca the Younger
Men, Good Man, Wrinkle In Time

The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.

Seneca the Younger
Errors, Firsts, Steps

Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.

Seneca the Younger
Unjust, Dominion, Eternal
"Medea". Book by Seneca the Younger, 62 AD.

A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.

Seneca the Younger
Library, Wander, Learners

The wise man lives as long as he should, not just as long as he likes.

Seneca the Younger
Life, Wise, Men

A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

Seneca the Younger
Birthday, Done, Benefits
"De Beneficiis" by Seneca the Younger, I. 6, 63 AD.

He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.

Seneca the Younger
Life, Sweet, Poison
"Hippolytus", CXXXIV in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 464-484), 1922.

If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.

Seneca the Younger
Power, Judgment, Command

See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.

Seneca the Younger
Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Philosophical
"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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

Seneca the Younger
Differences, Sin, Deals
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.

Seneca the Younger
Hate, Hatred, Despise

The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.

Seneca the Younger
Life, Wise, Simple

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. [We must learn to control and focus the force of our imagination on the good, bright side so it is positive and constructive helping ourselves and others, rather than let its force focus on the bad, dark side so it is negative and destructive hurting ourselves and others!]

Seneca the Younger
Hurt, Dark, Reality

No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.

Seneca the Younger
Action, Willpower, Blameless

Happy he whoe'er, content with the common lot, with safe breeze hugs the shore, and, fearing to trust his skiff to the wider sea, with unambitious oar keeps close to the land.

Seneca the Younger
Sea, Land, Hug

To meditate an injury is to commit one.

Seneca the Younger
Injury, Commit

The young man must store up, the old man must use.

Seneca the Younger
Men, Use, Stores

Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.

Seneca the Younger
Love, Learning, Knowledge

That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.

Seneca the Younger
Inspiring, Philosophical
Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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