There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo live is not a blessing, but to live well.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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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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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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If you judge, investigate.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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