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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.

Seneca the Younger

The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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Hand Men Wise
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Life Men Philosophical
No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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Choice Dressing Practice Window
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
God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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Health Inside Love People
Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Assuming Honor Men
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Counsel Grief Light People
There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Blessed Blessing Confidence
What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Good Innocence Law
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
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Delight Help Others Support
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Courage Hero Life
It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Bear Mind Money Wealth
This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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Home Life Short Spiritual
Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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Help Intelligence Mediocrity

To live is not a blessing, but to live well.

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