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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.

Seneca the Younger

On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Known Lying Well
All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Down Hand Let Pit
He who has great power should use it lightly.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Leadership Philosophical Vision
If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Fear Thing Think
In every good man a God doth dwell.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Good Man Very
Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

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

Life Men Philosophical
Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Door Find Men Open
Be harsh with yourself at times.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Harsh Reflection Sin
May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Justice May Philosophical
He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Generation Humanity Passion
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Color Life Mastery Wisdom
To the stars through difficulties.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Difficulty Live Stars
The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Future Happiness Life
It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Dignity Easier Grow Start
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Deed Punishment Wickedness

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