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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.

Seneca the Younger

The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Hand Men Wise
As long as you live, learn how to live.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Learn Live Long
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

God Heard Life Men
It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Admire Praise Provoking
True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Brave Joy Laughing True
The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Desirable People Poor
It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Necessary Peace Vanquish Wish
We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Air Breath Deep Spirit
What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Attack Blow Revenge Wise
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Believe Birthday Happiness
Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Drunkenness People Vices
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Amendment Arms Bearing Gun
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Care Dumb Light
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Men Thrown Ungrateful
Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Alive Death Literature
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Deed Punishment Wickedness

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