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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.

Seneca the Younger

Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Successful Temerity Virtue
How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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Numbers Peril Slavery
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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Steer Talk Vessel
We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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Foundation Joy True Vex
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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Dawn Expectation Night
Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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Men Outcome War
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
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
The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Desirable People Poor
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
He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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Generation Humanity Passion
Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Length Quiet Weary
There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Changed Investing Situation
He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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End Inspirational Way
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Happiness Life Money
As long as you live, learn how to live.
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Learn Live Long

If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.

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