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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.

Seneca the Younger

I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Idea Men Work Write
A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Money Philosophical Slavery
Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Fate Guilt Guilty
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
The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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Master Slave Tyranny
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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Happiness Men Powerful
The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Deceive Give Men Return Think
We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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Air Breath Deep Spirit
To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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Able Mind Peace Terror
Time discovers truth.
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Discover Life Time Truth
We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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Educational Schoolroom Taught
It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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Deceit Dishonorable Think Write
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Allay Counsel Grief Light
You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Learn Success Wisdom
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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Evil Real Suffering
Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Assuming Honor Men

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