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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.

Seneca the Younger

A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Bird Cheerfully Hand Men
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Generation Humanity Passion
A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Education Men Teacher
Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Charity Disclose Office
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

First Give Prudence Science
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Choices Little Struggle
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Active Employment Vice
I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Distance Inspire Life
Men learn while they teach.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Education Inspirational Teacher
How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Darkness Mind Prosperity
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Foundation Moderation Unstable
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Lying Money Political
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Congratulations Success Think
Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Brother Mind Wicked
There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Changed Investing Situation
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Future Happiness Life

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