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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.

Seneca the Younger

Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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Blessing Death Mean
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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First Give Prudence Science
Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Courage Fear Heaven
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
The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Desirable People Poor
If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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Desire Judge Persuade Sin
Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Harsh Reflection Sin
True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Happiness Inspirational Motivational
There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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Character Crooked Need
People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Die People Philosophy Themselves
He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Compact Made Poverty Rich
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
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Burn Grief Secret
There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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Element Madness Talent
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Learn Teacher Vices
It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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Mind Money Rich Sacrifice

In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.

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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.

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