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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.

Seneca the Younger

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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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His head was turned by too great success.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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