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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.

Seneca the Younger

To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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Able Mind Peace Terror
The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Desirable People Poor
After death there is nothing.
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After Death Life Nothing
He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Compact Made Poverty Rich
Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Luck Opportunity Preparation
Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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Life Son Success
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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Adversity Men Unhappy
Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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Blessing Death Mean
It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.
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Light might People
Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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Men Outcome War
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
There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Genius Madness Mixtures
Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Know Modesty Return
Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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Freedom Integrity Responsibility
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Inspirational Mind Peace
It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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Deceit Dishonorable Think Write

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