Seneca the Younger Quotes About Affairs

• Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order.

  Seneca the Younger

  Fate, Men, Order

• Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness.

  Seneca the Younger

  Player, Games, Chess Game

• Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come . . . . Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has in it something for every age to investigate.

  Seneca the Younger

  Sorry, Discovery, Age

• The time will come when diligent research over periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden...Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come, when memories of us will have been effaced. Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has something for every age to investigate. nature does not reveal her mysteries once and for all.

  Seneca the Younger

  Nature, Sorry, Memories

• I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.

  Seneca the Younger

  Writing, Men, Ideas

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