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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.

Seneca the Younger

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.
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Adversity Appreciation Inspirational Life
A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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Education Men Teacher
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Life Men Philosophical
Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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Door Find Men Open
Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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Anger Blow Thinking
The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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Destiny Drag Guides
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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Giving Hour Life
He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Compact Made Poverty Rich
There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Changed Investing Situation
The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Deceive Give Men Return Think
The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Efficacious Example Good Tedious
You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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Death Kindness Life
The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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Inspirational Past Time
Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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Help Our Please Word
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Future Way Wisdom
How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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Numbers Peril Slavery

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