Latin quotes by Seneca
Starting with phrase number 26

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. Labor bonum non est: Quid ergo est bonum ? - The work is not good, what good is then? (Seneca)
  5. Licentia poetica - Poetic license (Seneca)
  6. Mors faciet ne sim - The death makes non-existence (Seneca)
  7. 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)
  8. Nemo autem regere potest nisi qui et regi - Besides no one can govern without also being ruled (Seneca)
  9. Non est ad astra mollis e terris via - There is no easy way from the earth to the stars (Seneca)
  10. Non facit ebrietas vitia, sed protrahit - Drunkenness does create flaws, it just shows them (Seneca - recommending temperance in drinking)
  11. Non fortuna homines aestimabo, sed moribus - I do not estimate the men for their fortune, but for their habits (Seneca)
  12. Non scholae sed vitae discimus - Do not learn for school, but for life (Seneca)
  13. Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausum est - No generation is closed to great talents ( (Seneca)
  14. Nullus agenti dies longus est - No day is long for the busy (Seneca)
  15. Otium sine litteris mors est et hominis vivi sepultura - Leisure without literature is death and burial of the man alive (Seneca)
  16. Pars magna bonitatis est velle fieri bonum - Much of goodness consists in wanting to be good (Seneca)
  17. 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)
  18. Post mortem nihil, ipsaque mors nihil - After the death nothing, death itself is nothing (Seneca)
  19. Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu - It's about how well you live, not how long (Seneca)
  20. 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)
  21. Qui unum habet vitium, omnia habet - He who has one vice, has them all (Seneca, De Benefiticiis)
  22. Quidquid facies, respice ad mortem - Whatever you do, contemplate death. (Seneca - Epistulae morales ad Lucilium XIX, 114, 27)
  23. 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)
  24. 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)
  25. 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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