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Simple is the language of truth.
Seneca the Younger
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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It passes in the world for greatness of mind, to be perpetually giving and loading people with bounties but it is one thing to know how to give and another thing not to know how to keep. Give me a heart that is easy and open, but I will have no holes in it let it be bountiful with judgment, but I will have nothing run out of it I know not how.
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No one can have all he desires.
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The book-keeping of benefits is simple: it is all expenditure if any one returns it, that is clear gain if he does not return it, it is not lost, I gave it for the sake of giving.
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It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways: He who repents of his sins is almost innocent.
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He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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The way to wickedness is always through wickedness.
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Golden roofs break men's rest.
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Men learn while they teach.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.
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A good mind possesses a kingdom.
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It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.
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Light griefs are plaintive , but great ones are dumb
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