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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.

Seneca the Younger

Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Adversity Brave Men
There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Arm Denial Hero Self
Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Alive Death Literature
Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Accept Condonement Genius Measure
How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Darkness Mind Prosperity
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Happiness Life People
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Doubt Hope Wise
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Friend Mistake True Trust Yourself
He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Conclusion Justice May Side
I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Bestnow Kindness Recieve
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Care Dumb Light
That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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Cause Loss Negligence
I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Ashame Master Servitude
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

Innocence Men Mind
Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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Demand Equal Wicked
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Active Employment Vice

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