The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGERPersistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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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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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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