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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.

Seneca the Younger

One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Crime Philosophical Prison
Time discovers truth.
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Discover Life Time Truth
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Conscience Foundation Joy True
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
On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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Death Known Lying Well
Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
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Innocence Men Mind
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
To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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Ignorant Life Soul
Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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Law Name Successful
For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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Freedom Men Simplicity
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Life Men Philosophical
The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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Able Mind Pause Proof Wise
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Foundation Moderation Unstable
The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Men Stores Use
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Courage Hero Life
Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Invites Refusal Request

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