“The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.”
Seneca Quotes · Page 2
4 BC – 65
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist. His letters and essays on Stoic philosophy remain some of antiquity's most readable and practically applicable works.
36 quotesAbout Seneca on Wikipedia
“Increases are of sluggish growth, but the way to ruin is rapid.”
“It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing.”
“We learn our lessons, not for life, but for the lecture room.”
“We should always allow some time to elapse, for time discloses the truth.”
“A good judge condemns wrongful acts, but does not hate them.”
“He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.”
“Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”