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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable

Seneca the Younger

It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Necessary Peace Vanquish Wish
The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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Accord Deed Highest Proof Word
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Birthday End Eternity Fear
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Heal Inspirational Reason
When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Ambition Limit Progress
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Independence Step Treatment
The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Emotion Matter More Person
There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Blessed Blessing Confidence
The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Master Slave Tyranny
A great fortune is a great slavery.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Money Philosophical Slavery
Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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Gratitude Profit Virtue
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Lying Money Political
All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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Besetting Down Hands Let Pit
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Fear Living Terrify Unknown Worth
If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Fear Thing Think
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Atheist Religious Wise

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