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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.

Seneca the Younger

There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Companion Good Satisfaction
If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Crime Men Require Wisdom Wise
We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Honor Justice Loss
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Country Emotion History People Person
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
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Freedom Wisdom Wise
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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Goal Management Planning
This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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Home Life Short Spiritual
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Despise Hate Hatred
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Deed Punishment Wickedness
The part of life which we really live is short.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Life Part Really Short
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Existence Ignorance Ignorant Men Wise
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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Adversity Men Unhappy
The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Error First Step
Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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Affection Coal Squares

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