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" That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty. "
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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" Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb. "
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" The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns. "
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" Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one. "
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" The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember. "
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" Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way. "
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" A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two. "
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