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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

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
It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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Medicine Men Search Sick
Where fear is, happiness is not.
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Happiness Inspirational Motivational
Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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Arches Fall Inspiration
When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Distress Fellow Man
Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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Help Intelligence Mediocrity
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Beneficial Delightful Read
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Life Men Philosophical
Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Know Modesty Return
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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Causes Grieve Sorrow
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Feeling Forgiveness Innocent
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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Hatred Men Revenge
There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Delight Help Others Support
The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Deceive Give Men Return Think
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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Adversity Appreciation Inspirational Life
What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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Made Own Progress

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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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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