Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.
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How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
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Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it.... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
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A man does not sin by commission only, but often by ommission.
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Deem not life a thing of consequence. For look at the yawning void of the future, and at that other limitless space, the past.
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As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two.
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How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
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All is ephemeral,--fame and the famous as well.
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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.
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Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible; life in a palace is possible; therefore even in a palace a right life is possible.
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A candour affected is a dagger concealed.
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No form of Nature is inferior to Art for the arts merely imitate natural forms.
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As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land but the fame that comes after is oblivion.
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Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live death is nigh at hand while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.
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By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen, and is not apt to fall.
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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
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'Let thine occupations be few,' saith the sage, 'if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.'
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The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does just as his virtue and vice consist not in feeling but in doing.
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly; and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue, and reasonable nature.
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue, and reasonable nature.
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Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.
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A wrong-doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always he that has done something.
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Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself!
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What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.
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