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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.

Seneca the Younger

Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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Fate Men Wish
In every good man a God doth dwell.
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Good Man Very
To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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Desire Forgiveness Inhuman
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Feeling Forgiveness Innocent
The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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Able Mind Pause Proof Wise
While crime is punished it yet increases.
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Crime Increase Prison
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Dread Fear Much Unfit
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Allay Counsel Grief Light
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 as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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Acknowledge Inspirational Thank
One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Dying Wonder
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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Continue Dream Indulge Men
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.
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Life Poison Sweet
There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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Character Crooked Need
No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Desire Men Nature Return
He who has great power should use it lightly.
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