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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger

Seneca the Younger

[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Failure Mistake Remember Ruin Way
If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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Crime Men Require Wisdom Wise
Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Humanity Philosophy Unhappy
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
It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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Humble Men Poverty
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Happiness Life Money
Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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Freedom Integrity Responsibility
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
The part of life which we really live is short.
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Inspiration Life Part Short Success
Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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Arches Fall Inspiration
Whatever begins, also ends.
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Begin Close End Time
Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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Gratitude Profit Virtue
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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Ancestry Brag Descent
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
Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Blame Giving Judgement Speak
Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Anger Death Philosophical

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