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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.

Seneca the Younger

The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Love Military Soldier
Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Freedom Integrity Responsibility
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

Give Inspirational Men
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Foundation Joy True Vex
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Doubt Hope Mingle Wise
Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Pain Release
The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Master Slave Tyranny
No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Choice Dressing Practice Window
Don’t stumble over something behind you.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspiration Motivational Wisdom
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Dread Fear Much Unfit
What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Attachment Esteem Self Thinking
[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Failure Mistake Remember Ruin Way
There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Blessed Blessing Confidence
The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Deceive Give Men Return Think
A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Benefit Giver Mind
If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Desire Judge Persuade Sin

It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.

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