People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that it is within everyone's reach to live nobly, but within no one's reach to live long

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Living Quotes

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

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

He who has great power should use it lightly.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

Excessive power sees power beyond its power

Excessive power sees power beyond its power

Luck never made a man wise.

Luck never made a man wise.

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...

Be harsh with yourself at times.

Be harsh with yourself at times.

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?...

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,...

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance;...

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance;...

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

He who is brave is free.

He who is brave is free.

While we teach, we learn.

While we teach, we learn.

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind...

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind...

When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be...

When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be...