Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel: so we begin, that presently find kingdoms not enough for us

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Mankind Quotes

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a...

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a...

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

Time heals what reason cannot

Time heals what reason cannot

He is most powerful who has power over himself

He is most powerful who has power over himself

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...

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

While we teach, we learn.

While we teach, we learn.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

You are your choices.

You are your choices.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Life is too brief. I had a friend whom I intended to know better. Yesterday...

Life is too brief. I had a friend whom I intended to know better. Yesterday...

All the positions, fortunes, celebrities disappear as a snow flake that melts on the black...

All the positions, fortunes, celebrities disappear as a snow flake that melts on the black...