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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

Seneca the Younger

For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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Freedom Men Simplicity
To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Bles Life Live Well
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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Giving Hour Life
I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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Liberal Philosophical Trust
What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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Attack Blow Revenge Wise
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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Friend Mistake True Trust Yourself
He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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Generation Humanity Passion
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Future Way Wisdom
We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Honor Justice Loss
The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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Inspirational Past Time
What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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Mind Speech View
Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Inspiration Motivational Wisdom
A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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Approach Lying Thousand
There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Changed Investing Situation
There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Anything Delight Help Other
To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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Inspirational Life Wise

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

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