Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Nothing is so contemptible as the sentiments of the mob.
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
Contemptible
Sentiments
Mass
Nothing
More quotes by Seneca the Younger
Precepts are like seeds they are little things which do much good if the mind which receives them has a disposition, it must not be doubted that his part contributes to the generation, and adds much to that which has been collected.
Seneca the Younger
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
Seneca the Younger
The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
Seneca the Younger
The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.
Seneca the Younger
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
Seneca the Younger
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
Seneca the Younger
Drunkenness does not create vice it merely brings it into view.
Seneca the Younger
Life is short and art is long.
Seneca the Younger
The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.
Seneca the Younger
Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.
Seneca the Younger
The things that are essential are acquired with little bother it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.
Seneca the Younger
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
Seneca the Younger
The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
Seneca the Younger
We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it's past already.
Seneca the Younger
The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
Seneca the Younger
Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
Seneca the Younger
The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
Seneca the Younger
How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
Seneca the Younger
Necessity is stronger than duty.
Seneca the Younger
It is a youthful failing to be unable to control one's impulses.
Seneca the Younger
