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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.

Seneca the Younger

Disease is not of the body but of the place.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Advice Body Disease
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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Hand Men Wise
While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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Inspirational Life Wisdom
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Amendment Arms Bearing Gun
Every journey has an end.
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End Goal Journey
It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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Mind Money Rich Sacrifice
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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Hatred Men Revenge
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
It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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Deceit Dishonorable Think Write
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Happiness Life Money
Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Although Care Long Men
Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Invites Refusal Request
This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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Home Life Short Spiritual
It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Example Luxury Mischief People
I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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Ashame Master Servitude

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