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.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROne who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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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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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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