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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed

Seneca the Younger

A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Independence Step Treatment
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Existence Ignorance Ignorant Men Wise
Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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Brother Mind Wicked
His head was turned by too great success.
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Great Success Success
It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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Humble Men Poverty
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Delight Difficulty Remind
Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Fate Guilt Guilty
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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First Give Prudence Science
Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
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Grace Judge Pain
The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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Country Emotion Land Law People Person
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
Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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Greatness Men Piece
No crime has been without a precedent.
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Crime Precedent Prison
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
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
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

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