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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.

Seneca the Younger

The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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Fact Fundamentals Philosophy
Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Motto Nature Stoic
Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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Director Teacher Vice
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Anything Delight Help Other
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Lying Money Political
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Independence Step Treatment
You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Learn Success Wisdom
There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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Help May Need
Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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Arches Fall Inspiration
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Happiness Life People
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Country Emotion History People Person
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
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
It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Admire Praise Provoking
Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Luck Opportunity Preparation

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