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Seneca the Younger Quotes: No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
         

No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.


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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.



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There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.



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It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.



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