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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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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.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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