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It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen that is the common right of humanity. (Seneca)
The man who does something under orders is not unhappy he is unhappy who does something against his will. View quote
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What with our hooks, snares, nets, and dogs, we are at war with all living creatures, and nothing comes amiss but that which is either too cheap or too common and all this is to gratify a fantastical palate. View quote
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This is the reason we cannot complain of life it keeps no one against his will. View quote
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The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed. View quote
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching. View quote
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It is the superfluous things for which men sweat. View quote
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It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have. View quote
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He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct. View quote
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It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores. View quote
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The road be precepts is tedious, by example short and efficacious. (Seneca)
Life, if thou knowest how to use it, is long enough. View quote
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium. View quote
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That grief is light which can take counsel. View quote
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The way to wickedness is always through wickedness. View quote
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There is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care can not accomplish. View quote
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Why do people not confess vices It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams. View quote
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God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is. View quote
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Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insinuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor. View quote
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Remember that pain has this most excellent quality if prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot Be prolonged. View quote
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them. (Seneca)
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline. View quote
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To see a man fearless in dangers. untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are generally either coveted or feared, all men must acknowledge that this can be from nothing else but a beam of divinity that influences a mortal body. View quote
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It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die. View quote
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Love of bustle is not industry. View quote
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