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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
Epictetus
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You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
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Think of God more often than thou breathest.
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Whatever you would make habitual, practice it and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something else.
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