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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

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
Revenge is an inhuman word.
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Inhuman Revenge World
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
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Freedom Wisdom Wise
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Inspirational Success Tattoo
Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Inspiration Motivational Wisdom
Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Men Remember Tolerance
How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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Numbers Peril Slavery
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Future Way Wisdom
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Applaude Causes Proof
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
I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.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
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
Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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Adversity Failure Happiness
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Fear Living Terrify Unknown Worth
All art is but imitation of nature.
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Art Garden Philosophical

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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