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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.

Seneca the Younger

To the stars through difficulties.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Difficulty Live Stars
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Happiness Life People
In every good man a God doth dwell.
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Good Man Very
It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Dignity Easier Grow Start
There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Element Madness Talent
He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Generation Humanity Passion
The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Consistency Deed
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Atheist Religious Wise
We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Air Breath Deep Spirit
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
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
Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Excess Pleasure Repetition
Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Ambition Know Mind
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Allay Counsel Grief Light
Be harsh with yourself at times.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Harsh Reflection Sin
The young man must store up, the old man must use.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Men Stores Use

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