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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.

Seneca the Younger

The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Love Military Soldier
Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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Men Outcome War
There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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Element Madness Talent
Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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Ask Creditor Debt Owe Pay People
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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Life Long Thing Well
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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Happiness Men Powerful
Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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Affection Coal Squares
He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Beforehand Come Foresight Present
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Country Emotion History People Person
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Future Way Wisdom
People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Die People Philosophy
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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Continue Dream Indulge Men
Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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Charity Disclose Office
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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Excellence Philosophical Quality
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
After death there is nothing.
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After Death Life Nothing

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