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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.

Seneca the Younger

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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Adversity Appreciation Inspirational Life
If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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Desire Judge Persuade Sin
It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Bear Mind Money Wealth
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Believe Birthday Happiness
All art is but imitation of nature.
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Art Garden Philosophical
I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Bestnow Kindness Recieve
Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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Although Care Long Men
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
Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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Anxiety Leisure Praying
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Deed Punishment Wickedness
While crime is punished it yet increases.
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Crime Increase Prison
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Kind Misery Spiteful
Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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Director Teacher Vice
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Learn Teacher Vices
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Counsel Grief Light People
That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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Cause Loss Negligence

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