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

If you wish to be loved, love

If you wish to be loved, love

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because...

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because...

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

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.

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present,...

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present,...

Be harsh with yourself at times.

Be harsh with yourself at times.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

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...

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are...

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are...

Death ne'er can fail the man who wills to die.

Death ne'er can fail the man who wills to die.

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well

Nothing is ours except time.

Nothing is ours except time.

There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it...

There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it...

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life, and lack of...

Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life, and lack of...

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to...

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to...

Hey i'd like to daze away to a place no one has known in a...

Hey i'd like to daze away to a place no one has known in a...