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Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.

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Some there are that torment themselves afresh with the memory of what is past others, again, afflict themselves with the apprehension of evils to come and very ridiculously both - for the one does not now concern us, and the other not yet ... One should count each day as a separate life.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged.
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Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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We are born subjects, and to obey God is perfect liberty. He that does this shall be free, safe and happy.
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When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
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Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
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A favor is to a grateful man delightful always to an ungrateful man only once.
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The law of the pleasure in having done anything for another is, that the one almost immediately forgets having given, and the other remembers eternally having received.
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We learn not for life but for the debating-room.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored for the vanquished it is necessary.
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Light griefs do speak, while sorrow's tongue is bound.
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The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
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He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
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The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual.
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