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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

Seneca the Younger

The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Courage Hero Life
How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Numbers Peril Slavery
A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Education Men Teacher
Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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Law People Retirement
There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Element Madness Talent
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspirational Mind Peace
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

First Give Prudence Science
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Cultivation Culture May Mind
True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Happiness Inspirational Motivational
There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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Help May Need
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
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Conscience Foundation Joy True
The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Mind Relaxation Stronger
All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Besetting Down Hands Let Pit
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Allay Counsel Grief Light
Who timidly requests invites refusal.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Invites Refusal Request

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

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