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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.

Seneca the Younger

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
There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Delight Help Others Support
The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Enough Language Truth
Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Courage Fear Heaven
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Happiness Life Money
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
To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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heavy Oneself Servitude
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Happiness Life People
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Dread Fear Much Unfit
There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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Element Madness Talent
What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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Attack Blow Revenge Wise
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Modesty Repeat Time
Life is long if you know how to use it.
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Life Long Use
Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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Help Our Please Word
He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Beforehand Come Foresight Present
If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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Crime Men Require Wisdom Wise

Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.

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