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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.

Seneca the Younger

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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Evil Real Suffering
Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Death Punishment Suicidal
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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First Give Prudence Science
Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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Employment Indolence Stagnation
Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Humanity Philosophy Unhappy
Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Courage Fear Heaven
It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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Medicine Men Search Sick
If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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Fear Thing Think
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Learn Teacher Vices
The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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Mind Relaxation Stronger
Revenge is an inhuman word.
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Inhuman Revenge World
You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Escape Necessity Overcoming
It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Admirer Praise Provoke
What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Attachment Esteem Self Thinking
Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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Adversity Failure Happiness
[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Failure Mistake Remember Ruin Way

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