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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.

Seneca the Younger

Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Despise Hate Hateful
The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Country Emotion Land Law People Person
Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Anxiety Leisure Praying
The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Desire Greater Progress
There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Blessed Blessing Confidence
Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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Door Find Men Open
He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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Conclusion Justice May Side
Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Favor Silent Speak
What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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Choices Little Struggle
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
I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Idea Men Work Write
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Men Thrown Ungrateful
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Kind Misery Spiteful
I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Distance Inspire Life
Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Chance Hatred Wrath
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Life Long Thing Well

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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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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