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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.

Seneca the Younger

There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Deed Punishment Wickedness
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Happiness Life Money
Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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Arches Fall Inspiration
As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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Country Emotion Humane Long People Person
If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Add Another Day Time
The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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Future Men Mind
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
The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Efficacious Example Good Tedious
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Happiness Leisure Vice
Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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Death Pain Release
There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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Character Crooked Need
God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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Health Inside Love People
Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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Accept Condonement Genius Measure
Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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Fate Men Wish
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Beneficial Delightful Read
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Dread Fear Much Unfit

Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.

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