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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.

Seneca the Younger

Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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Secret Tedious Truth
When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Distress Fellow Man
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
Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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Advice Body Disease
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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Adversity Appreciation Inspirational Life
The part of life which we really live is short.
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Inspiration Life Part Short Success
All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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Besetting Down Hands Let Pit
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Happiness Leisure Vice
Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Adversity Brave Men
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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Country Emotion Land Law People Person
I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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Liberal Philosophical Trust
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Conscience Foundation Joy True
The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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Mind Relaxation Stronger
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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Infidelity Men Wife
The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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Greatness Men Resolution
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

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