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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.

Seneca the Younger

The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Inspirational Mind Peace
It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.
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Light might People
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Dread Fear Much Unfit
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
Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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Epileptic Precaution Regard
I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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Ashame Master Servitude
He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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Generation Humanity Passion
The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Men Quality Quantity Wise
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Courage Hero Life
Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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Dresses Fear Number
The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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Consistency Deed
Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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Ambition Know Mind
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Despise Hate Hatred
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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Color Life Mastery Wisdom
Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Matter Think Unblest
Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Knowledge Learning Love

Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.

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