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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.

Seneca the Younger

The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Deceive Give Men Return Think
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Learn Teacher Vices
That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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Cause Loss Negligence
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
Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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Emotion Goes Hold Love True
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Counsel Grief Light People
It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.
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Light might People
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
Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Death Punishment Suicidal
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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Causes Grieve Sorrow
It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Admire Praise Provoking
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Allay Counsel Grief Light
In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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God Turn Void Work
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Feeling Forgiveness Innocent
It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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Fortune Mankind Someone Unconquer
A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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Approach Lying Thousand

Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.

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