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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.

Seneca the Younger

Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Fate Guilt Guilty
One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Crime Philosophical Prison
Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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Destiny Fate Inspirational
The part of life which we really live is short.
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Life Part Really Short
Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Death Punishment Suicidal
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Happiness Inspirational Laughter
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Foundation Moderation Unstable
The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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Future Happiness Life
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
We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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Air Breath Deep Spirit
I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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Ashame Master Servitude
Injustice never rules forever.
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Forever Injustice Justice
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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Heaven Soul Taken
Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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Help Intelligence Mediocrity
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Happiness Life People
I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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Book Mind Together

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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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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