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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

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
Injustice never rules forever.
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Forever Injustice Justice
To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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heavy Oneself Servitude
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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Ancestry Brag Descent
The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Men Quality Quantity Wise
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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Anger Life Suicidal
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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Causes Grieve Sorrow
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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Life Long Thing Well
True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Happiness Inspirational Motivational
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Foundation Moderation Unstable
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Inspirational Success Tattoo
All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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Besetting Down Hands Let Pit
If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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Desire Judge Persuade Sin
Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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Dresses Fear Number
Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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Law People Retirement
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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