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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.

Seneca the Younger

That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Birthday End Eternity Fear
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspirational Mind Peace
No crime has been without a precedent.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Crime Precedent Prison
What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Made Own Progress
Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Assuming Honor Men Prompt
Where fear is, happiness is not.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Happiness Inspirational Motivational
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Adversity Men Unhappy
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Burn Grief Secret
What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Attachment Esteem Self Thinking
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
Every journey has an end.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

End Goal Journey
We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Air Breath Deep Spirit
After death there is nothing.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

After Death Life Nothing
The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Accord Deed Highest Proof Word
Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Affection Coal Squares
There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Character Crooked Need

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