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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.

Seneca the Younger

Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Motto Nature Stoic
True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Happiness Inspirational Motivational
One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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Friend Friendship Necessarily
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.
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Able Mind Peace Terror
Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Favor Silent Speak
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Conscience Foundation Joy True
We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Honor Justice Loss
Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Chance Hatred Wrath
To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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Ignorant Life Soul
If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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Desire Judge Persuade Sin
Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Courage Fear Heaven
Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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Affection Coal Squares
Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Assuming Honor Men
The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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Able Mind Pause Proof Wise
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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Avarice Need Poverty
For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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Freedom Men Simplicity

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