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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Seneca the Younger

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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Happiness Men Powerful
Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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Drunkenness People Vices
I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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Ashame Master Servitude
We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Educational Schoolroom Taught
The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Men Quality Quantity Wise
As long as you live, learn how to live.
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Learn Live Long
Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Punishment Suicidal
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
Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Matter Think Unblest
The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Men Stores Use
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Fault Impetuosity Youth
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Color Life Mastery Wisdom
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
Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Harsh Reflection Sin
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

Ignorant Life Soul
Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Freedom Integrity Responsibility

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

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