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Elegance is not an ornament worthy of man.
Seneca the Younger
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It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.
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So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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