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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.

Seneca the Younger

The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Efficacious Example Good Tedious
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Applaude Causes Proof
What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Joy Men
To govern was to serve, not to rule.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Leadership Love Rule
A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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Bird Cheerfully Hand Men
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Adversity Giving Teeth
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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Anger Life Suicidal
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Deed Punishment Wickedness
It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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Dignity Easier Grow Start
Men learn while they teach.
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Education Inspirational Teacher
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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Adversity Appreciation Inspirational Life
The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Error First Step
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Adversity Giving Teeth
True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Happiness Inspirational Motivational
A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Benefit Birthday Done
The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Men Stores Use

What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.

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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.

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