The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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Time discovers truth.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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