A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
From Lucius Annaeus Seneca
For greed all nature is too little.
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
All cruelty springs from weakness.
The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.
No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.
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