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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern 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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Living a good life leads to enduring happiness. Goodness in and of itself is the practice AND the reward.
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It is not my place in society that makes me well off, but my judgements, and these I can carry with me... These alone are my own and cannot be taken away.
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What is a child? Ignorance. What is a child? Want of instruction.
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You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not.
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God has entrusted me with myself. No man is free who is not master of himself. A man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
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In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of our doing or not doing any action, but our inward opinions and principles.
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