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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.

Seneca the Younger

Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Heard Side Well
He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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Generation Humanity Passion
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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Care Dumb Light
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Conscience Foundation Joy True
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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Greatness Men Piece
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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Ancestry Brag Descent
The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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Able Mind Pause Proof Wise
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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Giving Hour Life
No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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Choice Dressing Practice Window
The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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Accord Deed Highest Proof Word
There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Changed Investing Situation
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Country Emotion History People Person
To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Bles Life Live Well
The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Awareness Feels Safety Self
The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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Mind Relaxation Stronger
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.
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Happiness Men Powerful

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