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“the time of the actual enjoyment is short and swift, and made much shorter through their own fault. For they dash from one pleasure to another and cannot stay steady in one desire.”
― On the Shortness of Life
― On the Shortness of Life
“It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.”
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“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”
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“What really ruins our character is the fact that none of us looks back over his life.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
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