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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?

Seneca the Younger

Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Charity Disclose Office
Luck never made a man wise.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Men Wisdom Wise
Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Ad Death Journey Life
To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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heavy Oneself Servitude
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Atheist Religious Wise
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Applaude Causes Proof
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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Assuming Honor Men
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Blessing Death Mean
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Foundation Moderation Unstable
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Delight Difficulty Remind
I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Bestnow Kindness Recieve
Every journey has an end.
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End Goal Journey
I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Land Travel World
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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Brave Joy Laughing True
The part of life which we really live is short.
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Inspiration Life Part Short Success
Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Anxiety Half More Trouble

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