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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.

Seneca the Younger

The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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Accord Deed Highest Proof Word
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Existence Ignorance Ignorant Men Wise
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
Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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Admire Guide Speak
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Congratulations Success Think
A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Fear Light Philosophical
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Inspirational Mind Peace
Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Adversity Merit Test
Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Death Punishment Suicidal
People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Die People Philosophy
Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Heard Side Well
A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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Bird Cheerfully Hand Men
When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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Everybody Friend Life Own
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Best Friend Inspirational Life Prayer
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
It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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Life Shortness Waste

It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.

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