Seneca the Younger5 BC–AD 65The quotations of
Seneca the Younger
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)
5 BC–AD 65
25 quotes, most often on Life & Death, Morality and Money.
He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
De Beneficiis (On Benefits): Book 2, cap. 22, line 1.On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
Thyestes, lines 401-403; (Chorus).- Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXXI: On the supreme good, Line 2
- Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XXII: On the futility of half-way measures, Line 17.
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing.
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXXXVIII: On liberal and vocational studies, Line 45.Oftentimes a reverse has but made room for more prosperous fortune.
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XCI: On the Lesson to be Drawn From the Burning of Lyons- Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXVII: On Ill-Health and Endurance of Suffering
- Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XLV: On sophistical argumentation, Line 1
- Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXXXIV: On gathering ideas, Line 13
- Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter CIV: On Care of Health and Peace of Mind
