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To rule yourself is the ultimate power
Seneca the Younger
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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True friends are the whole world to one another and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner.
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So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow.
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Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
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Lay hold of today's task, and you will not depend so much upon tomorrow's.
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Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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Anger is like a ruin, which, in falling upon its victim, breaks itself to pieces.
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No man ever became wise by chance.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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While you teach, you learn.
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Familiarity reduces the greatness of things.
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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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