He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThis body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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