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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit

Seneca the Younger

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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Humanity Philosophy Unhappy
Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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Hear More Nobody Repeat
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Atheist Religious Wise
The part of life which we really live is short.
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Life Part Really Short
Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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Life Son Success
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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Cultivation Culture May Mind
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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Goal Management Planning
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Courage Perseverance Sowing
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Happiness Inspirational Laughter
The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Efficacious Example Good Tedious
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Foundation Moderation Unstable
To the stars through difficulties.
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Difficulty Live Stars
All art is but imitation of nature.
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Art Garden Philosophical
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Beneficial Delightful Read
What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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Made Own Progress
Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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Ambition Know Mind

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