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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

What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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Choices Little Struggle
When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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Ambition Limit Progress
Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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Emotion Goes Hold Love True
Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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Greatness Men Piece
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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First Give Prudence Science
That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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Cause Loss Negligence
The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Love Military Soldier
To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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Desire Forgiveness Inhuman
Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Length Quiet Weary
Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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Help Our Please Word
I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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Distance Inspire Life
There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Changed Investing Situation
Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Motto Nature Stoic
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
Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
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Knowledge Learning Love
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.
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Adversity Giving Teeth

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

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