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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.

Seneca the Younger

Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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Arrange Given Law Way
Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Men Remember Tolerance
Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Luck Opportunity Preparation
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Dread Fear Much Unfit
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
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Despise Hate Hatred
Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Inspiration Motivational Wisdom
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Deed Punishment Wickedness
Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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Dresses Fear Number
Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Humanity Philosophy Unhappy
We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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Air Breath Deep Spirit
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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Blessing Death Mean
What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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Remember Suffer Sweet
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
The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Bear Matter Things
His head was turned by too great success.
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Great Success Success

It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.

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