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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.

Seneca the Younger

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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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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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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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