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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.
Seneca the Younger
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No man esteems anything that comes to him by chance but when it is governed by reason, it brings credit both to the giver and receiver whereas those favors are in some sort scandalous that make a man ashamed of his patron.
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Look at the stars lighting up the sky: no one of them stays in the same place.
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The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
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Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman.
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As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life, and I maintain that, even when they have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasure still.
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Let us not seek our disease out of ourselves 'tis in us, and planted in our bowels and the mere fact that we do not perceive ourselves to be sick, renders us more hard to be cured.
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Let wickedness escape as it may at the bar, it never fails of doing justice upon itself for every guilty person is his own hangman.
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It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
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A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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