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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

Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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Fate Men Wish
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Dread Fear Much Unfit
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive
Luck never made a man wise.
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Men Wisdom Wise
Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Men Remember Tolerance
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Courage Hero Life
He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Compact Made Poverty Rich
It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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Fortune Mankind Someone Unconquer
Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Adversity Brave Men
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Life Men Philosophical
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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Although Care Long Men
The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Awareness Feels Safety Self
There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Anything Delight Help Other
It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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Dignity Easier Grow Start
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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Adversity Giving Teeth
Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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Epileptic Precaution Regard

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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