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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.

Seneca the Younger

It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Deceit Dishonorable Think Write
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Existence Ignorance Ignorant Men Wise
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Happiness Life People
Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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Hear More Nobody Repeat
Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Courage Fear Heaven
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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Giving Hour Life
Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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Feel Philosophical Real
He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Compact Made Poverty Rich
Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Adversity Brave Men
How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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Action Destination Honor
Life without literary studies is death.
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Death Life Literature Study
Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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Life Son Success
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
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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Excellence Philosophical Quality
The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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Master Slave Tyranny
The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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Betray Faces Guilt

We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.

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