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Seneca the Younger
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Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.
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In war there is no prize for runner-up.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Every one has time if he likes. Business runs after nobody: people cling to it of their own free will and think that to be busy is a proof of happiness.
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One hand washes the other.
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Elegance is not an ornament worthy of man.
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When thou hast profited so much that thou respectest even thyself, thou mayst let go thy tutor.
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Every guilty person is his own hangman.
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Simple is the language of truth.
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Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.
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We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
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Nemo tam divos habuit faventes, Crastinum ut possit sibi polliceri. Nobody has ever found the gods so much his friends that he can promise himself another day.
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You have to persevere and fortify your pertinacity until the will to good becomes a disposition to good.
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The law of the pleasure in having done anything for another is, that the one almost immediately forgets having given, and the other remembers eternally having received.
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You find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Beauty is such a fleeting blossom, how can wisdom rely upon its momentary delight?
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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