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I am not eternity, but a man a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.
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At this time is freedom anything but the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will.
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It is not events that disturb the minds of men, but the view they take of them.
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When you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid bein seen doing it, though many shall form an unfavorable opinion about it. For if it is not right to do it, avoid doing the thing but if it is right, why are you afraid of those who shall find fault wrongly?
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O slavish man! will you not bear with your own brother, who has God for his Father, as being a son from the same stock, and of the same high descent? But if you chance to be placed in some superior station, will you presently set yourself up for a tyrant?
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don't be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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