Apocolocyntosis Quotes

“An Epicurean god he cannot be: for they have no troubles and cause none. A Stoic, then? How can he be globular, as Varro says, without a head or any other projection? There is in him something of the Stoic god, as I can see now: he has neither heart nor head.”
― Seneca, Apocolocyntosis

“It's easier to get philosophers to agree than clocks.”
― Seneca, Apocolocyntosis

“His last words heard on earth came after he'd let off a louder noise from his easiest channel of communication: 'Oh my! I think I've shit myself.' For all I know, he did. He certainly shat on everything else.”
― Seneca, Apocolocyntosis

“The Gallic cock was worth most on his own dunghill” - a Roman proverb.”
― Seneca, Apocolocyntosis

“Nobody believed he was really quite born” - a proverb for a nobody (referring to Claudius)”
― Seneca, Apocolocyntosis