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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.

Seneca the Younger

The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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Mind Relaxation Stronger
Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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Christian Emotion Give Men
Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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Cures Fail Reason
The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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Betray Faces Guilt
Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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Emotion Goes Hold Love True
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Existence Ignorance Ignorant Men Wise
Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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Anger Blow Thinking
People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Die People Philosophy
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Believe Birthday Happiness
Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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Men Number Slavery
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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Besetting Down Hands Let Pit
The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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Future Men Mind
If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Add Another Day Time
Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Blame Giving Judgement Speak
A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Fear Light Philosophical
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Foundation Moderation Unstable

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