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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit

Seneca the Younger

While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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Inspirational Life Wisdom
That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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Greed Luxury Madness Peace
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Foundation Moderation Unstable
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Independence Step Treatment
The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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Master Slave Tyranny
Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Heard Side Well
There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Genius Madness Mixtures
Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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Feel Philosophical Real
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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Men Thrown Ungrateful
It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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Medicine Men Search Sick
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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Life Long Thing Well
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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Courage Men World
If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Add Another Day Time
He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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Conclusion Justice May Side
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Heal Inspirational Reason
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

There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit

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