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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.

Seneca the Younger

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
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Existence Ignorance Ignorant Men Wise
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Dread Fear Much Unfit
Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Inspiration Motivational Wisdom
He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Appreciation Gratitude Struggle
Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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Death Pain Release
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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Fault Impetuosity Youth
Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Favor Silent Speak
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Foundation Moderation Unstable
The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Evil Shine Wicked
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
A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Fear Light Philosophical
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
I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Bestnow Kindness Recieve
You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Escape Necessity Overcoming

But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.

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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.

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