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He who has great power should use it lightly.

Seneca the Younger

In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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God Turn Void Work
A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Education Men Teacher
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?
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Assuming Honor Men Prompt
Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Luck Opportunity Preparation
We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Air Breath Deep Spirit
He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Compact Made Poverty Rich
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
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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Dawn Expectation Night
Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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Men Number Slavery
The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Fate Guides Inspirational
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Fortune Mankind Someone Unconquer
For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Freedom Men Simplicity
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
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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Care Dumb Light
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Courage Perseverance Sowing
True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Happiness Inspirational Motivational
A great fortune is a great slavery.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Money Philosophical Slavery
What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Choices Little Struggle
Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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Accept Condonement Genius Measure
I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Liberal Philosophical Trust
You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Learn Success Wisdom
The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Betray Faces Guilt
A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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Approach Lying Thousand
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Evil Real Suffering
You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Kindness Life
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Best Friend Inspirational Life Prayer
Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Freedom Integrity Responsibility

He who has great power should use it lightly.

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