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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.

Seneca the Younger

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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Evil Real Suffering
Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Courage Fear Heaven
Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Epileptic Precaution Regard
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspirational Men Wise
The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Bear Matter Things
Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Grace Judge Pain
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Foundation Moderation Unstable
I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Distance Inspire Life
There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Delight Help Others Support
Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Pain Release
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Learn Teacher Vices
There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Blessed Blessing Confidence
Luck never made a man wise.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Men Wisdom Wise
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Feeling Forgiveness Innocent
It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Hatred Men Revenge
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

End Eternity Fear

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