Seneca the Younger Quotes


It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman.


Citations

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Moral Essays, Volume II: De Consolatione ad Marciam. De Vita Beata. De Otio. De Tranquillitate Animi. De Brevitate Vitae. De Consolatione ad Polybium. De Consolatione ad Helviam. Translated by John W. Basore, Loeb Classical Library 254, Harvard University Press, 1932, p. 285.

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Seneca the Younger
Seneca the Younger
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  • Nationality: Roman
  • Profession: Philosopher

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (/ˈsɛnɪkə/; c. 4 BC – AD 65), usually known as Seneca, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work, satirist from the Silver Age of Latin literature.