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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.

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
Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Assuming Honor Men Prompt
The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Awareness Feels Safety Self
Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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Epileptic Precaution Regard
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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Death Dying Wonder
Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Chance Hatred Wrath
That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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Greed Luxury Madness Peace
He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Beforehand Come Foresight Present
As long as you live, learn how to live.
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Learn Live Long
The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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Consistency Deed
Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Know Modesty Return
Every journey has an end.
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End Goal Journey
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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Fault Impetuosity Youth
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Inspirational Mind Peace
He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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Conclusion Justice May Side

Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.

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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.

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