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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.

Seneca the Younger

True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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Brave Joy Laughing True
The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Awareness Feels Safety Self
Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Anger Death Philosophical
A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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Benefit Birthday Done
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Courage Perseverance Sowing
Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Blame Giving Judgement Speak
Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Ad Death Journey Life
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Deed Punishment Wickedness
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Doubt Hope Mingle Wise
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Doubt Hope Wise
Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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Cures Fail Reason
The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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Consistency Deed
Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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Anger Blow Thinking
To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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Desire Forgiveness Inhuman
Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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Christian Emotion Give Men
Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Fate Guilt Guilty
It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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Hatred Men Revenge
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
Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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Addiction Life Positive Thinking
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Dread Fear Much Unfit
Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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Anxiety Leisure Praying
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
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Freedom Wisdom Wise
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
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Happiness Inspirational Laughter
If you judge, investigate.
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Judge Philosophical Umpire
Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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Admire Guide Speak

Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.

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