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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

Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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Demand Equal Wicked
There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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Companion Good Satisfaction
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Believe Birthday Happiness
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Despise Hate Hatred
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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Cultivation Culture May Mind
Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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Anxiety Leisure Praying
Luck never made a man wise.
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Men Wisdom Wise
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
Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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Secret Tedious Truth
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Learn Teacher Vices
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
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Congratulations Success Think
Life is long if you know how to use it.
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Life Long Use
The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Men Quality Quantity Wise
It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Admire Praise Provoking
Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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Accept Condonement Genius Measure

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

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