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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

Seneca the Younger

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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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His head was turned by too great success.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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