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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

Seneca the Younger

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
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Modesty Repeat Time
Successful villany is called virtue.
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Successful Villany Virtue
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Despise Hate Hatred
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
We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Honor Justice Loss
The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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Emotion Matter More Person
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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Giving Hour Life
God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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Health Inside Love People
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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Anger Life Suicidal
Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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Alcohol Drink Insanity
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Dread Fear Much Unfit
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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End Eternity Fear
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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God Heard Life Men
The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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Master Slave Tyranny
If you judge, investigate.
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