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Life without literary studies is death.

Seneca the Younger

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Infidelity Men Wife
Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Favor Silent Speak
Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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Charity Disclose Office
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Happiness Leisure Vice
I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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Distance Inspire Life
We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Honor Justice Loss
Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Matter Think Unblest
Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Heard Side Well
To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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Ignorant Life Soul
[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Failure Mistake Remember Ruin Way
No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Desire Men Nature Return
Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Luck Opportunity Preparation
A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Fear Light Philosophical
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Despise Hate Hatred
How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Darkness Mind Prosperity
He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Appreciation Gratitude Struggle

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