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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

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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Able Mind Peace Terror
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.
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Life Poison Sweet
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Modesty Repeat Time
You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Learn Success Wisdom
He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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Conclusion Justice May Side
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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Ancestry Brag Descent
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Future Way Wisdom
Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Heard Side Well
It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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Mind Money Rich Sacrifice
Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Death Punishment Suicidal
A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Learner Library Wander
Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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Philosophy Plato Science
After death there is nothing.
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After Death Life Nothing
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Delight Difficulty Remind
Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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Secret Tedious Truth
Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Help Our Please Word

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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