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A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary. (Seneca)
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. View quote
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A great pilot can sail even when his canvas is rent. View quote
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it. View quote
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We are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders but what of war and the much vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples. View quote
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If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind. View quote
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'Tis the first art of kings, the power to suffer hate. View quote
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If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else. View quote
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All the Good of mortals is mortal. View quote
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True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. View quote
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Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. (Seneca)
Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind. View quote
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Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment. View quote
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Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. View quote
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause. View quote
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No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it. View quote
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The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can. View quote
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. View quote
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer. View quote
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment. View quote
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Fire tries gold, misfortune tries brave men. (Seneca)
What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears. View quote
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It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult. View quote
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars. View quote
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A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant. View quote
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