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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit

Seneca the Younger

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Happiness Life Money
There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Genius Madness Mixtures
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Active Employment Vice
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Adversity Fidelity Prosperity
Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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Alive Death Literature
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Despise Hate Hatred
We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Heart Think View
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Beginnings Life New Spring
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Dread Fear Much Unfit
He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Compact Made Poverty Rich
He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Beforehand Come Foresight Present
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
The expression of truth is simplicity.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Expression Inspirational Simplicity
There is about wisdom a nobility and magnificence in the fact that she doesn’t just fall to a person’s lot, that each man owes her to his own efforts, that one doesn’t go to anyone other than oneself to find her.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Courage Fall Wisdom
The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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Betray Faces Guilt
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Doubt Hope Mingle Wise

There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit

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