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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

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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Adversity Men Unhappy
It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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Hatred Men Revenge
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
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Deed Punishment Wickedness
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Despise Hate Hatred
I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Bestnow Kindness Recieve
What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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Remember Suffer Sweet
Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Heard Side Well
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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Law Name Successful
Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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Alcohol Beer Drunkenness View
Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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Anxiety Half More Trouble
Whatever begins, also ends.
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Begin Close End Time
Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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Advice Body Disease
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Amendment Arms Bearing Gun
Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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Christian Emotion Give Men
To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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Able Mind Peace Terror

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