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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?

Seneca the Younger

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Life Men Philosophical
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Applaude Causes Proof
While crime is punished it yet increases.
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Crime Increase Prison
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Lying Money Political
A great fortune is a great slavery.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Money Philosophical Slavery
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Adversity Giving Teeth
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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Law Name Successful
He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Life Poison Sweet
Luck never made a man wise.
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Men Wisdom Wise
Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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Adversity Failure Happiness
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Deed Punishment Wickedness
I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Liberal Philosophical Trust
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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Country Emotion People Person World
Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Pain Release
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Congratulations Success Think
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Adversity Appreciation Inspirational Life

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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