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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.

Seneca the Younger

Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
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Innocence Men Mind
Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Adversity Merit Test
Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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Ambition Know Mind
Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Assuming Honor Men
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Kind Misery Spiteful
Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Ad Death Journey Life
As long as you live, learn how to live.
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Learn Live Long
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Happiness Life Money
It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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Dignity Easier Grow Start
True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Happiness Inspirational Motivational
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Future Way Wisdom
Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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Life Son Success
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Foundation Moderation Unstable
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Birthday End Eternity Fear
The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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Inspirational Past Time

Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.

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