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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.

Seneca the Younger

The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Enough Language Truth
It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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Example Luxury Mischief People
A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Money Philosophical Slavery
In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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God Turn Void Work
Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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Life Son Success
Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Anger Death Philosophical
A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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Bird Cheerfully Hand Men
People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Die People Philosophy Themselves
The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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Consistency Deed
On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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Death Known Lying Well
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Feeling Forgiveness Innocent
Life is long if you know how to use it.
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Life Long Use
What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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Death Joy Men
All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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Down Hand Let Pit
Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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Admire Guide Speak
But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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Friend Mistake True Trust Yourself

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.

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