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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling

Seneca the Younger

One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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Death Dying Wonder
He who is brave is free.
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Bravery Freedom Reality
To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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Ignorant Life Soul
What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Attachment Esteem Self Thinking
Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Blame Giving Judgement Speak
What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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Death Joy Men
Revenge is an inhuman word.
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Inhuman Revenge World
After death there is nothing.
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After Death Life Nothing
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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Continue Dream Indulge Men
Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Length Quiet Weary
A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Fear Light Philosophical
We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Honor Justice Loss
How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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Action Destination Honor
If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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Crime Men Require Wisdom Wise
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Courage Hero Life
Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Heard Side Well

I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling

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