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Latin quotes by Seneca Starting with phrase number 16
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- Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum - To err is human, to persist in it, is diabolical (Seneca)
- Facilius est paupertatem laudare quam ferre - It is easier to praise poverty than to endure it (Philosophical term - Seneca)
- Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur - It is easier to understand parts, than to understand the whole (Seneca Epistulae Morales LXXXIX)
- Fallaces sunt rerum species - The appearances of things are deceptive (Seneca, De Beneficiis IV, 34)
- Fata volentem ducunt, nolentem trahunt - Destiny carries the willing man; and drags the unwilling (Seneca - Epistulae morales, XVIII)
- Ferae pericula quae vident fugiunt - The beasts flee the dangers they see (Seneca)
- Gladiator in arena consilium capit - The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena (Too late - Seneca)
- Homines, dum docent, discunt - Men learn while they teach (Seneca)
- Homo sit naturaliter animal socialis - Man is by nature a social animal (Seneca)
- Id bonum cura quod vetustate fit melius - Take care of the good since it improves with age (Seneca Epistulae ad Lucilium II, 15, 5)
- Ignoranti, quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est - For those who don't know which port they are headed to, no wind is favorable (Seneca)
- Illi levia, hi falsa formidant, nos utraque - Those have minor things, these have false things, we have both. (Seneca - Epistulae morales ad Lucilium I, 4, 2)
- In oculis vitia aliena habemus, a tergo nostra sunt - We have before our eyes the vices of others, our own are behind our backs (Seneca)
- Labor bonum non est: Quid ergo est bonum ? - The work is not good, what good is then? (Seneca)
- Licentia poetica - Poetic license (Seneca)
- Mors faciet ne sim - The death makes non-existence (Seneca)
- Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis - It is much more important what you think of yourself, than what others think of you (Seneca)
- Nemo autem regere potest nisi qui et regi - Besides no one can govern without also being ruled (Seneca)
- Non est ad astra mollis e terris via - There is no easy way from the earth to the stars (Seneca)
- Non facit ebrietas vitia, sed protrahit - Drunkenness does create flaws, it just shows them (Seneca - recommending temperance in drinking)
- Non fortuna homines aestimabo, sed moribus - I do not estimate the men for their fortune, but for their habits (Seneca)
- Non scholae sed vitae discimus - Do not learn for school, but for life (Seneca)
- Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausum est - No generation is closed to great talents ( (Seneca)
- Nullus agenti dies longus est - No day is long for the busy (Seneca)
- Otium sine litteris mors est et hominis vivi sepultura - Leisure without literature is death and burial of the man alive (Seneca)
Total: 57
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