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

Seneca the Younger

Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Humanity Philosophy Unhappy
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
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Allay Counsel Grief Light
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Adversity Fidelity Prosperity
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
It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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Give Inspirational Men
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Deed Punishment Wickedness
Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Length Quiet Weary
I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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Distance Inspire Life
If you wish to be loved, love.
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Country Emotion Life Love People Person
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
Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Motto Nature Stoic
The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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Inspirational Past Time
Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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Arches Fall Inspiration
To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Bles Life Live Well
What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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Insane Insanity Men

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