It is rash to condemn where you are ignorant.
Subject:
Ignorance   
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Subject:
Success   
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
Subject:
Vices   
Work: Moral Letters to Lucilius, 64 A.D.
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The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
Subject:
Wealth   
Moderation   
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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Subject:
Decisions   
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What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing--to live in accord with his nature.
Subject:
Nature   
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The wish for healing has always been half of health.
Subject:
Health   
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Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
Subject:
Laws   
Shame   
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
Subject:
Reading   
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Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.
Subject:
Desires   
Mind   
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Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.
Subject:
Life   
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
Subject:
Wealth   
Slave   
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I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
Subject:
Trust   
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A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
Subject:
Mankind   
Sin   
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It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of humanity.
Subject:
Mankind   
Justice   
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
Subject:
Good   
Mind   
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Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.
Subject:
Future   
Human Nature   
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It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
Subject:
Charity   
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The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.
Subject:
Grief   
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
Subject:
Anger   
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