What did Seneca the Younger mean by: An age builds up cities: an hour destroys them. - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain Copy
+ He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another. Feraz Zeid, June 27, 2023December 12, 2023, Seneca the Younger, Ancestry, Deeds, Family, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
+ Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit. Feraz Zeid, September 21, 2023December 24, 2023, Seneca the Younger, Law, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
+ The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024February 8, 2024, Seneca the Younger, Exercise, Self, Self-control, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
+ Not he who has little, but he whose wishes more, is poor. Feraz Zeid, September 7, 2023December 26, 2023, Seneca the Younger, Poverty, Wish, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
+ The real compensation of a right action is inherent in having performed it. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 11, 2024, Seneca the Younger, Action, Compensation, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
+ What is true belongs to me! Explain Feraz Zeid, July 9, 2023December 24, 2023, Seneca the Younger, Philosophical, Truth, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
+ Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death. Feraz Zeid, June 9, 2023December 12, 2023, Seneca the Younger, Courage, Fear, Heaven, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
+ A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024February 8, 2024, Seneca the Younger, Justice, Prayer, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Children have neither past nor future;they enjoy the present, which very few of us do. - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Days, months, years fly away, and irrecoverably sink in the abyss of time. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
