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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.

Seneca the Younger

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Happiness Leisure Vice
[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
Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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Ambition Know Mind
Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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Charity Disclose Office
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Inspirational Men Wise
Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Know Modesty Return
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Courage Hero Life
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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Infidelity Men Wife
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Lying Money Political
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 Prompt
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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Hand Men Wise
People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Die People Philosophy Themselves
There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Anticipation Expectations Miserable
Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Anger Death Philosophical
To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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Able Mind Peace Terror

Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.

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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.

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