Seneca, Letters From A Stoic

Quotes

• “that you would not anticipate misery since the evils you dread as coming upon you may perhaps never reach you at least t...”
• “Consider the whole world reconnoitre individuals j who is there whose life is not taken up with providing for to morrow ...”
• “you shall be told what pleased me to-day in the writings ofHecato; it is these words: "What progress, you ask, have I ma...”
• “What mancan you show me who places any value on his time, who reckons the worth of each day, who understands that he isd...”
• “Each day acquire something that will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed against other misfortunes as wel...”
• “we deceive ourselves in thinking that death only follows life whereas it both goes before and will follow after it for w...”
• “I have learned to be a friend to myself Great improvement this indeed Such a one can never be said to be alone for know ...”
• “Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not be...”
• “Believe me if you consult philosophy she will persuade you not to lit so long at your counting desk”