Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.

Seneca the Younger

• Money
• Evil
• Loss
• Envy

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• No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Money
  • Evil
  • Loss