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Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

Seneca the Younger

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Seneca the Younger
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness.
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All we see and admire today will burn in the universal fire that ushers in a new, just, happy world.
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It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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The miserable are sacred.
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A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.
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Nature does not bestow virtue to be good is an art.
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Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil himself gives better wages, they soon change their party.
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