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Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.

Seneca the Younger

It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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Medicine Men Search Sick
Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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Accept Condonement Genius Measure
Revenge is an inhuman word.
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Inhuman Revenge World
Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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Depress Mind Quality
Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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Help Our Please Word
What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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Mind Speech View
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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Anger Life Suicidal
No crime has been without a precedent.
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Crime Precedent Prison
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Believe Birthday Happiness
If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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Crime Men Require Wisdom Wise
If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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Fear Thing Think
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 Prompt
Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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Dresses Fear Number
Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Harsh Reflection Sin
Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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Anger Give Judgement
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

Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.

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Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.

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