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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.

Seneca the Younger

Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Avarice Need Poverty
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Congratulations Success Think
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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Ask Creditor Debt Owe Pay People
Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Motto Nature Stoic
Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Courage Fear Heaven
Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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Employment Indolence Stagnation
We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Honor Justice Loss
It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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Necessary Peace Vanquish Wish
Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Adversity Brave Men
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Active Employment Vice
Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Anger Give Judgement
Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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Dresses Fear Number
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Dread Fear Much Unfit
We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Forward Life Look Past
One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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Death Dying Wonder
The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Love Military Soldier
A great fortune is a great slavery.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Money Philosophical Slavery
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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Goal Management Planning
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Courage Perseverance Sowing
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Lying Money Political
Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Humanity Philosophy Unhappy
I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Land Travel World
That 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.
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Greed Luxury Madness Peace
No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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Adversity Dawn Philosophical
Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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Law Name Successful
Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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Director Teacher Vice
He who is brave is free.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Bravery Freedom Reality

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