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He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another.
Seneca the Younger
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
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