For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhen one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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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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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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