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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.

Seneca the Younger

Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Motto Nature Stoic
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
Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Invites Refusal Request
A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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Learner Library Wander
We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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Heart Think View
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
What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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Insane Insanity Men
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Freedom Wisdom Wise
[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Failure Mistake Remember Ruin Way
The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Desirable People Poor
We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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Air Breath Deep Spirit
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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Evil Real Suffering
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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Adversity Giving Teeth
What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Good Innocence Law
As long as you live, learn how to live.
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Learn Live Long
Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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Cures Fail Reason

Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.

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