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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.

Seneca the Younger

The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Men Quality Quantity Wise
No crime has been without a precedent.
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Crime Precedent Prison
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Lying Money Political
That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Cause Loss Negligence
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Lying Money Political
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Law Name Successful
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspirational Mind Peace
Injustice never rules forever.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Forever Injustice Justice
He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Beforehand Come Foresight Present
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Happiness Men Powerful
To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Able Mind Peace Terror
How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Numbers Peril Slavery
If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Add Another Day Time
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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Dawn Expectation Night
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Courage Perseverance Sowing
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 YOUNGER

Mind Money Rich Sacrifice

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