He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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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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One hand washes the other.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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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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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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