The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat 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.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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