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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.

Seneca the Younger

He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Life Poison Sweet
If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Add Another Day Time
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Inspirational Success Tattoo
Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Harsh Reflection Sin
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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Care Dumb Light
It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Humble Men Poverty
Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Admire Guide Speak
Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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Charity Disclose Office
True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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Brave Joy Laughing True
It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Admire Praise Provoking
This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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Home Life Short Spiritual
You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Escape Necessity Overcoming
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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Causes Grieve Sorrow
Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Matter Think Unblest
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Inspirational Men Wise
Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Adversity Brave Men

It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.

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