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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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the Younger Seneca
Lucio Anneo Seneca
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Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness.
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As was his language so was his life.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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If you judge, investigate.
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Men trust their eyes rather than their ears the road by precept is long and tedious, by example short and effectual.
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