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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

Seneca the Younger

A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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Approach Lying Thousand
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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Cultivation Culture May Mind
What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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Attack Blow Revenge Wise
How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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Numbers Peril Slavery
There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Genius Madness Mixtures
It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Admire Praise Provoking
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Life Men Philosophical
Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Successful Temerity Virtue
We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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Foundation Joy True Vex
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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Able Mind Peace Terror
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Fear Living Terrify Unknown Worth
To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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Inspirational Life Wise
Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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Feel Philosophical Real
A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Money Philosophical Slavery
Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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Dream People Vice
It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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Life Shortness Waste

It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

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