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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.

Seneca the Younger

As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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Country Emotion Humane Long People Person
Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Inspiration Motivational Wisdom
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Inspirational Mind Peace
Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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Arrange Given Law Way
Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Infidelity Men Wife
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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Courage Men World
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive
It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Period Place Time Uncertain
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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Beginnings Life New Spring
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
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Beneficial Delightful Read
[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Failure Mistake Remember Ruin Way
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Allay Counsel Grief Light
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Lying Money Political
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
Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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God Superstitions Worship

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