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

Seneca the Younger

That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Greed Luxury Madness Peace
It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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Deceit Dishonorable Think Write
Successful villany is called virtue.
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Successful Villany Virtue
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Happiness Life People
Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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Men Number Slavery
Men learn while they teach.
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Education Inspirational Teacher
You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Philosophical Pilot Storm
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 point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Courage Hero Life
The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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Future Happiness Life
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
A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Fear Light Philosophical
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
One hand washes the other.
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Country Emotion Hand People Person Unity
Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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Anger Blow Thinking
You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Philosophical Pilot Storm

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