An unpopular rule is never long maintained.
Subject:
Democracy   
Dictatorship   
Politics   
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He will live ill who does not know how to die well.
Subject:
Death   
Choice   
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Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness.
Subject:
Life   
Human Nature   
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That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this - that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.
Subject:
Nature   
Moderation   
Human Nature   
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No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
Subject:
Evil   
Human Nature   
Discipline   
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The arts are the servant; wisdom its master.
Subject:
Wisdom   
Art   
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There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.
Subject:
Wealth   
Poverty   
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The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
Subject:
Adversity   
Good   
Wealth   
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
Subject:
Freedom   
Evil   
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If you wished to be loved, love.
Subject:
Love & Romance   
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Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
Subject:
Courage   
Adversity   
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A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.
Subject:
Life   
Philosophical   
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
Subject:
Time   
Reason   
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
Subject:
Judgment   
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If virtue precede us every step will be safe.
Subject:
Character   
Good   
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
Subject:
Duty   
Justice   
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Modesty forbids what the law does not.
Subject:
Laws   
Modesty   
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All art is but imitation of nature.
Subject:
Nature   
Art   
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
Subject:
Vices   
Source: Moral Letters to Lucilius, 64 A.D.
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The wish for healing has always been half of health.
Subject:
Health   
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