Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
Seneca the Younger
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Seneca the Younger
Aphorist
Philosopher
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Statesperson
Writer
Córdoba
Andalusia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Seneca the Younger
the Younger Seneca
Lucio Anneo Seneca
Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca minor
Lucius Annaeus Seneca Iunior
Progress
Greater
Desire
Part
More quotes by Seneca the Younger
Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
Seneca the Younger
Epicurus says, gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it. And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
Seneca the Younger
Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
Seneca the Younger
Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.
Seneca the Younger
Nothing is so contemptible as the sentiments of the mob.
Seneca the Younger
When thou hast profited so much that thou respectest even thyself, thou mayst let go thy tutor.
Seneca the Younger
Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness.
Seneca the Younger
Time discovers truth.
Seneca the Younger
No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.
Seneca the Younger
If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
Seneca the Younger
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in learning.
Seneca the Younger
The willing, destiny guides them the unwilling, destiny drags them.
Seneca the Younger
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live with you.
Seneca the Younger
The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
Seneca the Younger
Truths open to everyone, and the claims aren't all staked yet.
Seneca the Younger
A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.
Seneca the Younger
Death is sometimes a punishment, often a gift to many it has been a favor.
Seneca the Younger
Life is divided into three periods: that which has been, that which is, that which will be. Of these the present is short, the future is doubtful, the past is certain.
Seneca the Younger
We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
Seneca the Younger
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
Seneca the Younger
