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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

Seneca the Younger

Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Greatness Men Piece
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.
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Give Inspirational Men
How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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Numbers Peril Slavery
Every journey has an end.
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End Goal Journey
Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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Ambition Know Mind
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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Country Emotion People Person World
The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Love Military Soldier
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
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Modesty Repeat Time
Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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Affection Coal Squares
Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Heard Side Well
Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Ad Death Journey Life
Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Fate Guilt Guilty
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Deed Punishment Wickedness
The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Men Quality Quantity Wise
If you wish to be loved, love.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Country Emotion Life Love People Person

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