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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.

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
True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Happiness Inspirational Motivational
It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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Example Luxury Mischief People
Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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Demand Equal Wicked
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
It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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Mind Money Rich Sacrifice
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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Men Thrown Ungrateful
Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Assuming Honor Men
What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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Insane Insanity Men
May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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Justice May Philosophical
We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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Air Breath Deep Spirit
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Believe Birthday Happiness
Time discovers truth.
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Discover Life Time Truth
Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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Brother Mind Wicked
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Heal Inspirational Reason
Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Adversity Merit Test

It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.

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