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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.

Seneca the Younger

That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Delight Difficulty Remind
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
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Life Men Philosophical
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Fear Living Terrify Unknown Worth
Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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Demand Equal Wicked
It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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Life Shortness Waste
Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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Alcohol Drink Insanity
If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Goal Men Wind
You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Escape Necessity Overcoming
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Adversity Fidelity Prosperity
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Inspirational Mind Peace
I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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Ashame Master Servitude
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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Generation Humanity Passion
On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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Death Known Lying Well
It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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Fortune Mankind Someone Unconquer
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Adversity Giving Teeth

I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.

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