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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.

Seneca the Younger

Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Demand Equal Wicked
Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Blame Giving Judgement Speak
To the stars through difficulties.
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Difficulty Live Stars
He who is brave is free.
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Bravery Freedom Reality
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Allay Counsel Grief Light
Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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Blessing Death Mean
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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Crime Prudence Punish
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Conscience Foundation Joy True
Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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Dresses Fear Number
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Courage Hero Life
We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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Heart Think View
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Inspirational Mind Peace
If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Goal Men Wind
What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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Mind Speech View
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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Dawn Expectation Night
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

Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.

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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.

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