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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.

Seneca the Younger

There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Changed Investing Situation
In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

God Turn Void Work
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Existence Ignorance Ignorant Men Wise
There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Character Crooked Need
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Beginnings Life New Spring
Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Feel Philosophical Real
Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Favor Silent Speak
What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Mind Speech View
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Heaven Soul Taken
You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Philosophical Pilot Storm
No crime has been without a precedent.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Crime Precedent Prison
Injustice never rules forever.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Forever Injustice Justice
The part of life which we really live is short.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Life Part Really Short
A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Benefit Birthday Done
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Adversity Giving Teeth
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Amendment Arms Bearing Gun

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