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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.

Seneca the Younger

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.
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Existence Ignorance Ignorant Men Wise
Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Length Quiet Weary
The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Error First Step
We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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Death Forward Life Look Past
The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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Emotion Matter More Person
Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Chance Hatred Wrath
[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Failure Mistake Remember Ruin Way
To the stars through difficulties.
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Difficulty Live Stars
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Happiness Inspirational Laughter
I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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Book Mind Together
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Freedom Wisdom Wise
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Learn Teacher Vices
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Despise Hate Hatred
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Future Way Wisdom
He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Appreciation Gratitude Struggle

Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.

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