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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.

Seneca the Younger

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Existence Ignorance Ignorant Men Wise
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
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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Country Emotion Land Law People Person
He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Compact Made Poverty Rich
It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Admirer Praise Provoke
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Foundation Moderation Unstable
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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Crime Prudence Punish
People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Die People Philosophy
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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Continue Dream Indulge Men
The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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Desire Greater Progress
Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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Freedom Integrity Responsibility
Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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Drunkenness People Vices
One hand washes the other.
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Country Emotion Hand People Person Unity
All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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Down Hand Let Pit
Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Luck Opportunity Preparation
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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Affection Coal Squares

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