No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own.
- Seneca the Younger
More Quotes By Seneca the Younger
- It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not...
- A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
- The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the...
- No one can lead a happy life, or even one that is bearable, without the pursuit of wisdom,...
- True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with...
- He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which has been bestowed upon him; he...
- Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
- We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
- Don’t stumble over something behind you.
- As the mother’s womb holds us for ten months, making us ready, not for the womb itself, but...
- When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and...
- Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
- There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never...
- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as...
- It’s all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even...
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