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The part of life which we really live is short.

Seneca the Younger

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

End Eternity Fear
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Doubt Hope Wise
The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Men Quality Quantity Wise
Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Humanity Philosophy Unhappy
It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Period Place Time Uncertain
Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Invites Refusal Request
It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Equality Vice Virtue
Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Infidelity Men Wife
On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Known Lying Well
When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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Ambition Limit Progress
Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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Affection Coal Squares
Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Chance Hatred Wrath
How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Darkness Mind Prosperity
If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Goal Men Wind
To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Bles Life Live Well
As long as you live, learn how to live.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Learn Live Long

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