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Latin quotes by Seneca Starting with phrase number 26
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- 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)
- Pars magna bonitatis est velle fieri bonum - Much of goodness consists in wanting to be good (Seneca)
- Patent undique ad libertatem viea multae, breves, faciles. Agamus Deo gratias - On all places short routes open the route to freedom. Thanks to God (Seneca)
- Post mortem nihil, ipsaque mors nihil - After the death nothing, death itself is nothing (Seneca)
- Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu - It's about how well you live, not how long (Seneca)
- Qui dedit benificium taceat; narret qui accepit - The one that makes an act of kindness in the street should be silent, the one that receives it should tell about it (Seneca)
- Qui unum habet vitium, omnia habet - He who has one vice, has them all (Seneca, De Benefiticiis)
- Quidquid facies, respice ad mortem - Whatever you do, contemplate death. (Seneca - Epistulae morales ad Lucilium XIX, 114, 27)
- Ratio autem nihil aliud est quam in corpus humanum pars divini spiritus mersa - Reason is nothing other than a part of the divine spirit merged into the body of human beings (Seneca - The Epistles)
- Si vis, amaris ama - If you wish to be loved, love (This is often attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca, found in the sixth of his letters to Lucilius. - Thank you: Han)
- Si vis vacare animo, aut pauper sis oportet, aut pauperi similis - If you want to grow your spirit, it is convenient to be poor, or at least look like you are (Seneca)
Total: 57
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