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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.

Seneca the Younger

There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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Element Madness Talent
It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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Life Shortness Waste
Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Courage Fear Heaven
Where fear is, happiness is not.
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Happiness Inspirational Motivational
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
Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Death Punishment Suicidal
I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Idea Men Work Write
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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End Eternity Fear
Injustice never rules forever.
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Forever Injustice Justice
Whatever begins, also ends.
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Begin Close End Time
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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Adversity Giving Teeth
All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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Down Hand Let Pit
I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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Ashame Master Servitude
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
This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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Home Life Short Spiritual
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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Men Thrown Ungrateful

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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