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Seneca the Younger

A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Independence Step Treatment
Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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Gratitude Profit Virtue
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Modesty Repeat Time
People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Die People Philosophy Themselves
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Happiness Life Money
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Feeling Forgiveness Innocent
What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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Attack Blow Revenge Wise
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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Innocence Men Mind
This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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Home Life Short Spiritual
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Conscience Foundation Joy True
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Foundation Moderation Unstable
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Courage Perseverance Sowing
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Burn Grief Secret
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Kind Misery Spiteful
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

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