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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

Seneca the Younger

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

Element Madness Talent
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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Color Life Mastery Wisdom
Revenge is an inhuman word.
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Inhuman Revenge World
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Counsel Grief Light People
I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Bestnow Kindness Recieve
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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First Give Prudence Science
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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Adversity Men Unhappy
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
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Freedom Wisdom Wise
It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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Hatred Men Revenge
We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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Heart Think View
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Inspirational Mind Peace
Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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Destiny Fate Inspirational
There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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Companion Good Satisfaction
Men learn while they teach.
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Education Inspirational Teacher
Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Alive Death Literature

It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

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