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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.

Seneca the Younger

Luck never made a man wise.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Men Wisdom Wise
What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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Made Own Progress
A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Fear Light Philosophical
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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Excellence Philosophical Quality
Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Help Our Please Word
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Luck Opportunity Preparation
A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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Benefit Birthday Done
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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Care Dumb Light
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Adversity Men Unhappy
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
There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Help May Need
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
How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Numbers Peril Slavery
Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Knowledge Learning Love
How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Action Destination Honor

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