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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.

Seneca the Younger

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 expression of truth is simplicity.
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Expression Inspirational Simplicity
The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Efficacious Example Good Tedious
There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Blessed Blessing Confidence
He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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Generation Humanity Passion
The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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Fate Guides Inspirational
Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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Help Intelligence Mediocrity
Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Anger Death Philosophical
It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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Give Inspirational Men
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Delight Difficulty Remind
People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Die People Philosophy
On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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Death Known Lying Well
When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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Everybody Friend Life Own
I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Idea Men Work Write
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Dread Fear Much Unfit
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Deed Punishment Wickedness

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