Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHow great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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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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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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