The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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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.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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