I am not a ‘wise man,’ nor . . . Shall I ever be. And so require not from me that I should be equal to the best, but that I should be better than the wicked. It is enough for me if every day I reduce the number of my vices, and blame my mistakes.
Weitere Zitate von Seneca
Zum Autor"It takes all of our life to learn how to live, and – something that may surprise you more – it takes just as long to learn how to die."
"Pain is slight if opinion has added nothing to it; ... In thinking it slight, you will make it slight. Everything depends on opinion. It is according to opinion that we suffer. A man is as wretched as he has convinced himself that he is."
"They laboriously do nothing."
"Life is divided into three parts: what was, what is and what shall be. Of these three periods, the present is short, the future is doubtful and the past alone is certain."
"Man is a social animal."
"Believe me if you consult philosophy she will persuade you not to lit so long at your counting desk."