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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?

Seneca the Younger

Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Heard Side Well
He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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Generation Humanity Passion
Luck never made a man wise.
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Men Wisdom Wise
Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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Alcohol Beer Drunkenness View
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Kind Misery Spiteful
To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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heavy Oneself Servitude
You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Learn Success Wisdom
For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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Freedom Men Simplicity
Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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Ask Creditor Debt Owe Pay People
Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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Dominion Eternal Unjust
The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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Consistency Deed
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Country Emotion History People Person
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Inspirational Men Wise
Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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Blessing Death Mean
Men learn while they teach.
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Education Inspirational Teacher
Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Infidelity Men Wife

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