He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Ancestry Quotes

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be...

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be...

As it is with a play, so it is with life, what matters is not...

As it is with a play, so it is with life, what matters is not...

The courts of kings are full of men, empty of friends.

The courts of kings are full of men, empty of friends.

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and...

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and...

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Old age is an incurable disease.

Old age is an incurable disease.

The worse a person is the less he feels it.

The worse a person is the less he feels it.

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that...

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that...

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks...

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks...

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

Never give advice - sell it

Never give advice - sell it

He who has great power should use it lightly.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can...

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can...

Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There...

Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There...