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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.

Seneca the Younger

The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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Heaven Soul Taken
Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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Director Teacher Vice
A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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Benefit Birthday Done
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Life Men Philosophical
I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Idea Men Work Write
Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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Addiction Life Positive Thinking
Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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Epileptic Precaution Regard
He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Appreciation Gratitude Struggle
A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Benefit Giver Mind
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Counsel Grief Light People
Luck never made a man wise.
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Men Wisdom Wise
You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Philosophical Pilot Storm
Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Chance Hatred Wrath
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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Care Dumb Light
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Conscience Foundation Joy True
Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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Freedom Integrity Responsibility

That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.

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