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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.

Seneca the Younger

In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Adversity Giving Teeth
To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspirational Life Wise
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Applaude Causes Proof
There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Anticipation Expectations Miserable
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspirational Mind Peace
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Adversity Giving Teeth
Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Men Remember Tolerance
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspirational Men Wise
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Best Friend Inspirational Life Prayer
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Future Happiness Life
The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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Destiny Drag Guides
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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Ancestry Brag Descent
The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Fact Fundamentals Philosophy
Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Ask Creditor Debt Owe Pay People
Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Greatness Men Piece
May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Justice May Philosophical

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