Quotations: Seneca the Younger

Question 1

Errare humanum est

Answer 1

Senaca the younger - To err is human

Question 2

Nōn est ad astra mollis e terris via

Answer 2

Senaca the younger - There is not an easy path from the earth to the stars

Question 3

Timendī causa est nescire

Answer 3

Senaca the younger - Ignorance is the cause of fear

Question 4

Fallaces sunt rerum species

Answer 4

Senaca the younger - The appearance of things is deceiving

Question 5

Omnia ars imitatio naturae est

Answer 5

Senaca the younger - All art is an imitation of nature

Question 6

Potest ex casa magnus vir exire

Answer 6

Senaca the younger - A great man is able to come from a small house

Question 7

Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausum est

Answer 7

Senaca the younger - No age is closed to great intellects

Question 8

Nemo liber est qui corpori servit

Answer 8

Senaca the younger - No one is free who is a servant to his body

Question 9

Res severa est verum gaudium

Answer 9

Senaca the younger - True joy is a serious thing