Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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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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