Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

It is only luxury and avarice that make poverty grievous to us; for it is a very small matter that does our business, and when we have provided against cold, hunger, and thirst, all the rest is but vanity and excess.

Seneca the Younger

• Poverty
• Cold
• Hunger
• Thirst
• Avarice

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• It is only luxury and avarice that make poverty grievous to us; for it is a very small matter that does our business, and when we have provided against cold, hunger, and thirst, all the rest is but vanity and excess.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Poverty
  • Cold
  • Hunger