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For greed all nature is too little. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Nature Greed Too Little
Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so. Marcus Aurelius
You Will Carefully Everything Find Observe Happens Should
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it. Marcus Aurelius
Life Thoughts Change Universe Our Make
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. Marcus Aurelius
Best Revenge Imitation Refrain
He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again. Tacitus
Day Fight Battle Will Runs Rise Never He Another Another Day May Again Turn Fights Slain Away
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. Horace
Adversity Circumstances Would Prosperous Talents Effect Which Dormant
The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone. Lucretius
Water Fall Wears Dropping Stone Away
Do every act of your life as if it were your last. Marcus Aurelius
Life Every Were Act Your Last
The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Enemy Luxury Own Our Criminality Folly Contend Within Gates
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Power Ought Rule Observed Majority Republic Predominant Should
The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Soul Eyes Mark Countenance Intentions Portrait
Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Life Age Old Old Age Our Crown Act Play Last
The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money. Plautus
Day Nature Money Water Moon Sun Purchase Things Night
Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. Boethius
Love Love Is Law Would Give Higher Unto Itself Lovers Who
As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can. Julius Caesar
Men Worry Rule See About More Than
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. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Life Rain Light Matter Sky Wind Fire Earth Sun Gives Thunder Beyond Burns Eternity
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. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Thankful Great Man Fault Will Ungrateful Mine Find Give Oblige He Another Many
To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. Marcus Aurelius
You Quality People Minds Must Examine Pursuits True Look Understand
Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Man Fool Liable Only Err Error Persists Any
He who is brave is free. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Free He Brave Who
Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay. Sallust
Great Small Things Great Things Harmony Small Makes Decay Lack Grow Things
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Adversity Great Man World Sight See Great Man Struggling Bravest Against
Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh. Marcus Aurelius
Service Death Mind Release Puppets Make Impressions Senses Us Flesh Hard Desires
We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that. Marcus Aurelius
Cause Too Much Single Too Our Several Come Majority Attribute Accustomed Controversies Which Much Product
Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already. Marcus Aurelius
You Mind Run Lack Much Your
Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. Marcus Aurelius
Man Men Live See He Know Real Real Man Them Meant Who Lives
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