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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.

Seneca the Younger

Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Beneficial Delightful Read
The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Error First Step
It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Hatred Men Revenge
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Best Friend Inspirational Life Prayer
While crime is punished it yet increases.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Crime Increase Prison
If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Add Another Day Time
Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Dream People Vice
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Life Long Thing Well
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Modesty Repeat Time
There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Anything Delight Help Other
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Country Emotion History People Person
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Hand Men Wise
You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Escape Necessity Overcoming
We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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Air Breath Deep Spirit
No crime has been without a precedent.
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Crime Precedent Prison
We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Foundation Joy True Vex

To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.

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