Famous Quotes and Proverbs
If you are looking for famous quotes and proverbs, you've come to the right place! Browse our largest database, which contains over 150,000 quotations, proverbs and sayings by the most renowned poets, artists, authors, inventors and researchers both living and deceased. Use our famous quotes and proverbs to support the content of your essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation. Be inspired by our quotes, proverbs and sayings now!
Search our collection by author, topic or keyword. It's completely FREE!
Browse Authors:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the authors)
(Click a letter to view the authors)
Letter "S" » Seneca Quotes
«Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity»
«This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what he has given, and the other ought to never forget what he has received»
«He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another»
«The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed»
Author: Seneca
| About:
Gifts,
Spirit
| Keywords:
acknowledged, debt, face value, intention, weighed
«The first art of a monarch is the power to endure hatred»
«No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.»
«Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.»
«All cruelty springs from weakness.»
Author: Seneca
«Slavery holds few men fast; the greatest number hold fast their slavery»
«No one finds his proficiency in a study just where he dropped it»
Author: Seneca
| Keywords:
proficiency
Research our database of free Biographies. Sign-up for the database of college sample papers for only $14.95/month. Buy a custom written essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation on any topic and get a discount!
