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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.

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
The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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Consistency Deed
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Conscience Foundation Joy True
Luck never made a man wise.
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Men Wisdom Wise
Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Courage Fear Heaven
Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Successful Temerity Virtue
He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Compact Made Poverty Rich
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Happiness Inspirational Laughter
It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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Necessary Peace Vanquish Wish
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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Country Emotion People Person World
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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Anger Life Suicidal
One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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Death Dying Wonder
Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Inspiration Motivational Wisdom
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
What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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Death Joy Men
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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End Eternity Fear

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