A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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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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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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Men learn while they teach.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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