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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.

Seneca the Younger

The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Lying Money Political
In every good man a God doth dwell.
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Good Man Very
Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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Greatness Men Piece
It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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Deceit Dishonorable Think Write
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Birthday End Eternity Fear
No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Desire Men Nature Return
The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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Fact Fundamentals Philosophy
Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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Demand Equal Wicked
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Feeling Forgiveness Innocent
Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Motto Nature Stoic
It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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Example Luxury Mischief People
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Courage Hero Life
I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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Ashame Master Servitude
Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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Freedom Integrity Responsibility
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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Life Long Thing Well
Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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Admire Guide Speak

Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.

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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.

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