We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep for.
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Power exercised with violence has seldom been of long duration, but temper and moderation generally produce permanence in all things.Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
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Mere life is not a blessing, but to live well.
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The way to wickedness is always through wickedness.
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We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.
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Do the best you can ... enjoy the present ... rest satisfied with what you have.
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