All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
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Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.
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Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.
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Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
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He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.
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If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.
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If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
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If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
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Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
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Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?
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No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
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Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.
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Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
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One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.
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Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
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We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.
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We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
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We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
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Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
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You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
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