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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.

Seneca the Younger

There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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Element Madness Talent
What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Attachment Esteem Self Thinking
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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Life Long Thing Well
After death there is nothing.
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After Death Life Nothing
Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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Dominion Eternal Unjust
The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Desirable People Poor
[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Failure Mistake Remember Ruin Way
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Believe Birthday Happiness
Revenge is an inhuman word.
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Inhuman Revenge World
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
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Happiness Leisure Vice
Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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Life Son Success
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
What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Good Innocence Law
Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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Ask Creditor Debt Owe Pay People
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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Anger Life Suicidal

Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.

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