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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.

Seneca the Younger

What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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Death Joy Men
Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Death Punishment Suicidal
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
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Inspirational Mind Peace
Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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Help Intelligence Mediocrity
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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First Give Prudence Science
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Best Friend Inspirational Life Prayer
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Country Emotion History People Person
Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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Blessing Death Mean
All art is but imitation of nature.
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Art Garden Philosophical
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Happiness Life People
The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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Able Mind Pause Proof Wise
He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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Help Inspirational Other Positive
It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Period Place Time Uncertain
Successful villany is called virtue.
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Successful Villany Virtue
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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Goal Management Planning

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