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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.

Seneca the Younger

Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Excess Pleasure Repetition
Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Fate Guilt Guilty
To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Leadership Love Rule
Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Invites Refusal Request
Men learn while they teach.
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Education Inspirational Teacher
There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Changed Investing Situation
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Heal Inspirational Reason
Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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Men Outcome War
One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Crime Philosophical Prison
The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Fact Fundamentals Philosophy
No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Desire Men Nature Return
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 Prompt
It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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Deceit Dishonorable Think Write
He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
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Life Poison Sweet
It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Period Place Time Uncertain
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Doubt Hope Wise

The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.

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