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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.

Seneca the Younger

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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Evil Real Suffering
Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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Dominion Eternal Unjust
There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Changed Investing Situation
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.
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Adversity Giving Teeth
The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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Future Men Mind
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Happiness Life People
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Lying Money Political
There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Blessed Blessing Confidence
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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Men Thrown Ungrateful
The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Error First Step
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
Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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Director Teacher Vice
The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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Fact Fundamentals Philosophy
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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Steer Talk Vessel
A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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Education Men Teacher

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