Believe me if you consult philosophy she will persuade you not to lit so long at your counting desk.
Weitere Zitate von Seneca
Zum Autor"Nature does not reveal her mysteries once and for all."
"Timendi causa est nescire - Ignorance is the cause of fear."
"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."
"He who is brave is free."
"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."
"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."