We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Self Reflection Quotes

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.

Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.

Abstinence is easier than temperance

Abstinence is easier than temperance

Time heals what reason cannot

Time heals what reason cannot

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

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

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

If you wish to be loved; Love!

If you wish to be loved; Love!

Time discovers truth.

Time discovers truth.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to...

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to...

Whom they have injured they also hate

Whom they have injured they also hate

Live with men as if God saw you; converse with God as if men heard...

Live with men as if God saw you; converse with God as if men heard...

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may...

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may...

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...

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...

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

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart...

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart...