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A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
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It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless.
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As in walking it is your great care not to run your foot upon a nail, or to tread awry, and strain your leg so let it be in all the affairs of human life, not to hurt your mind or offend your judgment. And this rule, if observed carefully in all your deportment, will be a mighty security to you in your undertakings.
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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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As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time, nor does it take away the freedom of speech which proceeds from justice but it gives to us the knowledge of what is just and lawful, separating from them the unjust and refuting them.
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Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale were I a swan, the part of a swan.
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When we name things correctly, we comprehend them correctly, without adding information or judgements that aren't there. Does someone bathe quickly? Don't say be bathes poorly, but quickly. Name the situation as it is, don't filter it through your judgments. Give your assent only to that which is actually true.
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