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A thousand approaches lie open to death.

Seneca the Younger

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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Appreciation Gratitude Struggle
You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Death Punishment Suicidal
Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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Arches Fall Inspiration
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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End Eternity Fear
If you judge, investigate.
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Judge Philosophical Umpire
It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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Deceit Dishonorable Think Write
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Despise Hate Hatred
He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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