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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.

Seneca the Younger

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
The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Expression Inspirational Simplicity
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
Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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Employment Indolence Stagnation
To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Bles Life Live Well
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
Life is long if you know how to use it.
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Life Long Use
The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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Future Happiness Life
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
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
What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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Choices Little Struggle
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Fear Living Terrify Unknown Worth
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Active Employment Vice
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Adversity Fidelity Prosperity
To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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Desire Forgiveness Inhuman
A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Money Philosophical Slavery

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