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Robert Flynn

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“Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.”
― Seneca, The Conquest of Happiness

tags: fidelity, loyalty, money, selling-out

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“The Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger (tutor to Nero) complained that his peers were wasting time and money accumulating too many books, admonishing that “the abundance of books is a distraction.” Instead, Seneca recommended focusing on a limited number of good books, to be read thoroughly and repeatedly.”
― Daniel J. Levitin, The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

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“to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.”
― Seneca, Letters from a Stoic

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