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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.

Seneca the Younger

As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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Cultivation Culture May Mind
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Life Men Philosophical
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Heal Inspirational Reason
Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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Emotion Goes Hold Love True
The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Desirable People Poor
There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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Character Crooked Need
Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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Although Care Long Men
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
He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Compact Made Poverty Rich
The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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Accord Deed Highest Proof Word
There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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Help May Need
If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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Crime Men Require Wisdom Wise
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Inspirational Men Wise
Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Invites Refusal Request
The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Men Quality Quantity Wise
Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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Alcohol Beer Drunkenness View
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Deed Punishment Wickedness
Life is long if you know how to use it.
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Life Long Use
Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Successful Temerity Virtue
Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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Charity Disclose Office
What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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Made Own Progress
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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Friend Friendship Necessarily
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Best Friend Inspirational Life Prayer
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
It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Period Place Time Uncertain
The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Efficacious Example Good Tedious

You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.

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