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We must be afraid of neither poverty nor exile nor imprisonment of fear itself only should we be afraid.
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The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will.
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A soul that makes virtue its companion is like an over-flowing well, for it is clean and pellucid, sweet and wholesome, open to all, rich, blameless and indestructible.
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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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Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.
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Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not death, but rather the fear of death?
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When our friends are present we ought to treat them well and when they are absent, to speak of them well.
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Every habit and faculty is preserved and increased by correspondent actions, as the habit of walking, by walking of running, by running.
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Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new.
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Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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If anyone should tell you that a particular person has spoken critically of you, don't bother with excuses or defenses. Just smile and reply, I guess that person doesn't know about all my other faults. Otherwise, he wouldn't have mentioned only these.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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What hurts this person is not the occurrence itself, for another person might not feel oppressed by this situation at all. What is hurting this person is the response he or she has uncritically adopted. It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings.
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Silence is safer than speech.
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You ought to choose both physician and friend, not the most agreeable, but the most useful.
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To know that you do not know and to be willing to admit that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is real strength and sets the stage for learning and progress in any endeavor.
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First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.
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If I can acquire money and also keep myself modest and faithful and magnanimous, point out the way, and I will acquire it.
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Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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