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Just as an enemy is more dangerous to a retreating army, so every trouble that fortune brings attacks us all the harder if we yield and turn our backs. (Seneca)
Impurity is caused by attitude, not events. View quote
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Valor withers without adversity. View quote
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This spirit thrusts itself forward, confident of commendation and esteem. View quote
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New friends, however, will not be the same. View quote
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What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself. View quote
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The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back. View quote
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We give voice to our trivial cares, but suffer enormities in silence. View quote
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Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. View quote
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It is a youthful failing to be unable to control one's impulses. View quote
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It is pleasant at times to play the madman. (Seneca)
It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth. View quote
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It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one. View quote
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Life without the courage for death is slavery. View quote
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No one can wear a mask for very long. View quote
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Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them is not manly. View quote
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Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable. View quote
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An unpopular rule is never long maintained. View quote
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received. View quote
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance. View quote
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error. (Seneca)
To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind. View quote
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We most often go astray on a well trodden and much frequented road. View quote
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool. View quote
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While the fates permit, live happily; life speeds on with hurried step, and with winged days the wheel of the headlong year is turned. View quote
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