The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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