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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

Seneca the Younger

The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Country Emotion Land Law People Person
I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Bestnow Kindness Recieve
The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Fate Guides Inspirational
To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Bles Life Live Well
Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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Door Find Men Open
As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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Country Emotion Humane Long People Person
Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Infidelity Men Wife
May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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Justice May Philosophical
It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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Mind Money Rich Sacrifice
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Birthday End Eternity Fear
Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Luck Opportunity Preparation
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Future Happiness Life
It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Admirer Praise Provoke
I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Idea Men Work Write
What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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Attack Blow Revenge Wise
If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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Fear Thing Think

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