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The expression of truth is simplicity.

Seneca the Younger

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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Future Happiness Life
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
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
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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Continue Dream Indulge Men
You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Philosophical Pilot Storm
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
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Conscience Foundation Joy True
He who has great power should use it lightly.
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Leadership Philosophical Vision
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Happiness Inspirational Laughter
Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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Emotion Goes Hold Love True
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.
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Conclusion Justice May Side
The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Awareness Feels Safety Self
One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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Death Dying Wonder
The part of life which we really live is short.
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Inspiration Life Part Short Success
There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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Element Madness Talent
If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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