Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Seneca Quotes

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the...

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the...

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes...

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes...

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts...

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts...

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

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...

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one...

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one...

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

Old age is an incurable disease.

Old age is an incurable disease.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of...

Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

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...

Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is...

Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is...

The profoundest of all sensualities is the sense of truth and the next deepest sensual...

The profoundest of all sensualities is the sense of truth and the next deepest sensual...