The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

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Oblivion - what a blessing...for the mind to dwell a world away from pain.

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Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.

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There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

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Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.

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Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness; and reverence towards the Gods must be inviolate. Great words of prideful men are ever punished with great blows, and, in old age, teach the chastened to be wise.

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Success is dependent on effort.

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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

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[S]ilence supports the accuser’s charge?

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Show me the man who keeps his house in hand,
He's fit for public authority.

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