Laws do not persuade because they threaten

Quote by Seneca

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A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were...

Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were...

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.

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...

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune...

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune...

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...

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

He is most powerful who has power over himself

He is most powerful who has power over himself

The belly will not listen to advice

The belly will not listen to advice

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare...

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare...

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand...

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand...

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than...

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than...

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.