Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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After death there is nothing.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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