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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.

Seneca the Younger

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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Happiness Men Powerful
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
Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Length Quiet Weary
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
When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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Everybody Friend Life Own
What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Good Innocence Law
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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Ancestry Brag Descent
Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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Help Intelligence Mediocrity
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Dread Fear Much Unfit
He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Appreciation Gratitude Struggle
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
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Courage Hero Life
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Kind Misery Spiteful
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Learn Teacher Vices
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
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Burn Grief Secret

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