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

Seneca the Younger

Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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Freedom Integrity Responsibility
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Learn Teacher Vices
Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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Alcohol Drink Insanity
The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Evil Shine Wicked
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
When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Distress Fellow Man
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Modesty Repeat Time
The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Bear Matter Things
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
A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Fear Light Philosophical
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
It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Bear Mind Money Wealth
How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Darkness Mind Prosperity
The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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Master Slave Tyranny
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Birthday End Eternity Fear
The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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Emotion Matter More Person

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