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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.

Seneca the Younger

It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Benefit Letter Together
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
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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Crime Prudence Punish
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Courage Perseverance Sowing
To govern was to serve, not to rule.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Leadership Love Rule
What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Good Innocence Law
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Giving Hour Life
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Steer Talk Vessel
To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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Inspirational Life Wise
It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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Necessary Peace Vanquish Wish
Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Life Son Success
It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Light might People
Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Death Punishment Suicidal
There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Blessed Blessing Confidence
To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Able Mind Peace Terror
We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Forward Life Look Past

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