The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhatever begins, also ends.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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