You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
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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.Lucius Annaeus Seneca
To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.
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The way to wickedness is always through wickedness.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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