Seneca the Younger: Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life—in a firmness of mind and mastery of appetite. It teaches us t

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life—in a firmness of mind — Seneca the Younger

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life—in a firmness of mind and mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our actions and words all of a color.

Seneca the Younger

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