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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

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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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Men learn while they teach.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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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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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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