No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Life Quotes, Philosophical Quotes

Fear drives the wretched to prayer

Fear drives the wretched to prayer

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

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...

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...

Time discovers truth.

Time discovers truth.

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...

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today?...

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today?...

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

In every good man a God dwell

In every good man a God dwell

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut...

The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut...

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

The willing, Destiny guides them; the unwilling, Destiny drags them

The willing, Destiny guides them; the unwilling, Destiny drags them

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

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.

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

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...

I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money.

I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money.

Remember that credit is money.

Remember that credit is money.

Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that...

Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that...