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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

The part of life which we really live is short.
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Inspiration Life Part Short Success
Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Humanity Philosophy Unhappy
I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Bestnow Kindness Recieve
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Feeling Forgiveness Innocent
In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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God Turn Void Work
Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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Director Teacher Vice
Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Motto Nature Stoic
You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Philosophical Pilot Storm
Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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Freedom Integrity Responsibility
Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Heard Side Well
But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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Friend Mistake True Trust Yourself
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
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Fear Living Terrify Unknown Worth
Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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Anxiety Leisure Praying
Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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Help Intelligence Mediocrity
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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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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