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The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
Seneca the Younger
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
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A disease is farther on the road to being cured when it breaks forth from concealment and manifests its power.
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The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual.
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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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... frugality makes a poor man rich.
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As was his language so was his life.
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One must take all one's life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one's life to learn how to die.
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As Lucretius says: 'Thus ever from himself doth each man flee.' But what does he gain if he does not escape from himself? He ever follows himself and weighs upon himself as his own most burdensome companion. And so we ought to understand that what we struggle with is the fault, not of the places, but of ourselves
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