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Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)

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Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum read more

Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.

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When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He
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When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He
overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty.
[Lat., Semel profecto premere felices deus
Cum coepit, urget; hos habent magna exitus.]

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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the
intention of the giver or doer.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the
intention of the giver or doer.
[Lat., Beneficium non in eo quot fit aut datur consistit sed in
ipso dantis aut facientis animo.]

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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
[Lat., Eodem animo beneficium debetur, quo datur.]

A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
[Lat., Eodem animo beneficium debetur, quo datur.]

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There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae read more

There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.]

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