Seneca the Younger Quotes


Nothing will ever please me, no matter how excellent or beneficial, if I must retain the knowledge of it to myself. . . . . . No good thing is pleasant to possess, without friends to share it.


Citations

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales, Volume I. Translated by Richard M. Gummere, Harvard University Press, 1917, p. 27.

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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.