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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

There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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Element Madness Talent
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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Avarice Need Poverty
Whatever begins, also ends.
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Begin Close End Time
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Happiness Inspirational Laughter
It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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Fortune Mankind Someone Unconquer
It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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Deceit Dishonorable Think Write
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Doubt Hope Mingle Wise
People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Die People Philosophy Themselves
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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Dawn Expectation Night
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
Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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Admire Guide Speak
In every good man a God doth dwell.
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Good Man Very
To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Leadership Love Rule
It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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Necessary Peace Vanquish Wish
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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Hand Men Wise
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

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