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- Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no…
- Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not death, but rather the fear…
- The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.
- All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
- Nothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature but all things become so through habit
- It has been ordained that there be summer and winter, abundance and dearth, virtue and vice, and all such opposites for the harmony of the…
- Nothing great comes into being all at once.
- Remember that you are an actor in a play, and that the Playwright chooses the manner of it: If he wants you to act a…
- It is a mark of a mean capacity to spend much time on the things which concern the body, such as much exercise, much eating,…
- Be not diverted from your duty by any idle reflections the silly world may make upon you, for their censures are not in your power…
- To a longer and worse life, a shorter and better is by all means to be preferred.
- We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
- God has made all men to be happy.
- Liars are the cause of all the sins and crimes in the world.
- And be silent for the most part, or else make only the most necessary remarks, and express these in few words. But rarely, and when…
- If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all…
- It is the sign of a dull mind to dwell upon the cares of the body, to prolong exercise, eating and drinking and other bodily…
- If anyone should tell you that a particular person has spoken critically of you, don't bother with excuses or defenses. Just smile and reply, "I…
- All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
- 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…
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