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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.

Seneca the Younger

There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Anticipation Expectations Miserable
The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Deceive Give Men Return Think
There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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Element Madness Talent
Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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Gratitude Profit Virtue
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Despise Hate Hatred
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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First Give Prudence Science
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Happiness Leisure Vice
What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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Choices Little Struggle
The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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Mind Relaxation Stronger
I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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Distance Inspire Life
Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Length Quiet Weary
Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Courage Fear Heaven
Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Infidelity Men Wife
We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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Educational Schoolroom Taught
Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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Dresses Fear Number
The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Awareness Feels Safety Self

All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.

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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.

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