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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.

Seneca the Younger

The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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Hand Men Wise
The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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Inspirational Past Time
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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Cultivation Culture May Mind
Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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Secret Tedious Truth
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Existence Ignorance Ignorant Men Wise
One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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Friend Friendship Necessarily
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Inspirational Men Wise
A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Fear Light Philosophical
Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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Drunkenness People Vices
A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Benefit Giver Mind
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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Excellence Philosophical Quality
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive
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
Men learn while they teach.
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Education Inspirational Teacher
In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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God Turn Void Work
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

He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.

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