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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.

Seneca the Younger

He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Disappointment Office Years
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Applaude Causes Proof
The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Evil Shine Wicked
In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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God Turn Void Work
It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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Life Shortness Waste
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Modesty Repeat Time
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Birthday End Eternity Fear
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Believe Birthday Happiness
No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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Choice Dressing Practice Window
May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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Justice May Philosophical
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Feeling Forgiveness Innocent
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Atheist Religious Wise
He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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End Inspirational Way
Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Luck Opportunity Preparation
The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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Future Happiness Life
He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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Conclusion Justice May Side

Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.

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