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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.

Seneca the Younger

To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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heavy Oneself Servitude
He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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End Inspirational Way
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Applaude Causes Proof
If you judge, investigate.
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Judge Philosophical Umpire
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Kind Misery Spiteful
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
One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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Death Dying Wonder
To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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Able Mind Peace Terror
There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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Acknowledge Inspirational Thank
You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Escape Necessity Overcoming
The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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Consistency Deed
All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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Besetting Down Hands Let Pit
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Deed Punishment Wickedness
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Beneficial Delightful Read
Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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Philosophy Plato Science
Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Length Quiet Weary

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