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Famous Seneca the Younger Quotes
“To want simply what is enough nowadays suggests to people primitiveness and squalor.”
“Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.”
“Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.”
“So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.”
“We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.”
“He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!”
“The artist finds a greater pleasure in painting than in having completed the picture.”
“Take away ambition and vanity, and where will be your heroes and patriots?”
“The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.”
“Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness.”
“A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers.”