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Seneca the Younger

There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Genius Madness Mixtures
Whatever begins, also ends.
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Begin Close End Time
Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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Men Number Slavery
A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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Bird Cheerfully Hand Men
The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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Future Happiness Life
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Birthday End Eternity Fear
Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Adversity Brave Men
One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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Friend Friendship Necessarily
To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Bles Life Live Well
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Life Men Philosophical
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
The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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Able Mind Pause Proof Wise
People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Die People Philosophy
There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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Character Crooked Need
He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Beforehand Come Foresight Present
Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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Death Pain Release

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