Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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He who is brave is free.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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