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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.

~Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.

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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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The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns.

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We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

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When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

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In war there is no prize for runner-up.

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In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.

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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

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Biography

Nationality: Roman

Type: Statesman

Born: Unknown

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