I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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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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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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He who is brave is free.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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