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Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity.
Seneca the Younger
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Drunkenness is nothing but a self-induced state of insanity.
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He has committed the crime who profits by it.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.
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Never to wrong others takes one a long way towards peace of mind.
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We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.
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Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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He is greedy of life who is not willing to die when the world is perishing around him.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt Not doubting without hope.
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The wish for healing has always been half of health.
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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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This body is not a home, but an inn and that only for a short time.
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It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.
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