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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.

Seneca the Younger

He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
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Disappointment Office Years
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Deed Punishment Wickedness
To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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Able Mind Peace Terror
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Foundation Moderation Unstable
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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Country Emotion People Person World
Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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Arches Fall Inspiration
The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Desirable People Poor
Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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Emotion Goes Hold Love True
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
The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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Emotion Matter More Person
Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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Dominion Eternal Unjust
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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Adversity Men Unhappy
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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Evil Real Suffering
The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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Fate Guides Inspirational
Whatever begins, also ends.
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Begin Close End Time
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

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