That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Ambition Quotes, Pride Quotes

Nothing is ours except time.

Nothing is ours except time.

You are your choices.

You are your choices.

While we teach, we learn.

While we teach, we learn.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is...

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is...

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days...

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days...

Life without the courage for death is slavery

Life without the courage for death is slavery

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

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...

For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us...

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us...

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and...

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and...

That grief is light which can take counsel.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

Even his griefs are a joy, long after, to one that remembers all that he...

Even his griefs are a joy, long after, to one that remembers all that he...