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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.

Seneca the Younger

Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Christian Emotion Give Men
Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Men Remember Tolerance
There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Arm Denial Hero Self
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Happiness Life Money
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Conscience Foundation Joy True
Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Knowledge Learning Love
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Learn Teacher Vices
Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Admire Guide Speak
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
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
What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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Insane Insanity Men
While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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Inspirational Life Wisdom
Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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Arrange Given Law Way
The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Deceive Give Men Return Think
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
Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Courage Fear Heaven

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