It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTrue happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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If you judge, investigate.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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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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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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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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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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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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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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