It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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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.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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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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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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