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He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.
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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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Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.
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It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic trainer, has pitted you against a rough antagonist. For what end? That you may be an Olympic conqueror and this cannot be without toil.
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You ought to choose both physician and friend, not the most agreeable, but the most useful.
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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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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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There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.
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First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.
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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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What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.
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If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.
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There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
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If someone irritates you, it is only your own response that is irritating you. Therefore, when anyone seems to be provoking you, remember that it is only your judgment of the incident that provokes you. -
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