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Be harsh with yourself at times.

Seneca the Younger

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Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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If you judge, investigate.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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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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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Distress Fellow Man
Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Adversity Brave Men
If you wish to be loved, love.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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One hand washes the other.
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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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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Burn Grief Secret
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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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Courage Fear Heaven
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.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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Adversity Dawn Philosophical
Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Length Quiet Weary
How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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Numbers Peril Slavery
The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Love Military Soldier
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Fear Living Terrify Unknown Worth
To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Bles Life Live Well
Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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Employment Indolence Stagnation
Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Death Punishment Suicidal
The part of life which we really live is short.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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Charity Disclose Office
Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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