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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.

Seneca the Younger

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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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Successful villany is called virtue.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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After death there is nothing.
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