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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

Seneca the Younger

In every good man a God doth dwell.
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Good Man Very
The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Love Military Soldier
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Happiness Leisure Vice
To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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heavy Oneself Servitude
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Beneficial Delightful Read
To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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Ignorant Life Soul
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Feeling Forgiveness Innocent
The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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Country Emotion Land Law People Person
Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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Destiny Fate Inspirational
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
But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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Friend Mistake True Trust Yourself
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Lying Money Political
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
True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Happiness Inspirational Motivational
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
Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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Life Son Success

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

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