Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.
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The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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He that visits the sick in hopes of a legacy, but is never so friendly in all other cases, I look upon him as being no better than a raven that watches a weak sheep only to peck out its eyes.
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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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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers. Praeceptores suos adulescens veneratur et suspicit.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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