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" The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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" I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene. "

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" The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned. "

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" Whatever is well said by another, is mine. "

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" Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune. "

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" If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. "

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" All art is but imitation of nature. "

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" No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it. "

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" There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals. "

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" There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it. "

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" Success consecrates the most offensive crimes. "

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" Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display? "

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" True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong. "

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" That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned. "

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" Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed, and rightly. "

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" Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. "

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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. "

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" All cruelty springs from weakness. "

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" A great fortune is a great slavery. "

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" It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. "

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" He has committed the crime who profits by it. "

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" One must steer, not talk. "

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" The wish for healing has always been half of health. "

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" Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. "

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