Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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After death there is nothing.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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His head was turned by too great success.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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