Seneca the Younger Quotes on Justice
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly known as Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist of the first century. This page collects quotes attributed to Seneca the Younger on the topic of justice, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Once again prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue ; good men obey the bad , might is right and fear oppresses law . lines 251-253; ( Amphitryon )”
rursus prosperum ac felix scelus virtus vocatur; sontibus parent boni, ius est in armis, opprimit leges timor. -
“Alternate translation: Might makes right. (translator unknown).”
rursus prosperum ac felix scelus virtus vocatur; sontibus parent boni, ius est in armis, opprimit leges timor. -
“Just as we suffer from excess in all things, so we suffer from excess in literature; thus we learn our lessons, not for life, but for the lecture room.”
Letter CVI: On the corporeality of virtue | Line 12 -
“Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind.”
Letter LXXI: On the supreme good | Line 2 -
“Pyrrhus: No law the wretched captive's life doth spare. Agamemnon: What law forbids not, let this shame forbid. Pyrrhus: 'Tis victor's right to do whate'er he will. Pyrrhus: Then should he will the least who most can do.”
Troades(The Trojan Women) | lines 333-336