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- When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they do…
- The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.
- Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to your ability to choose, unless that is your choice. Lameness is a hindrance to the…
- If you see anybody wail and complain, call him a slave, though he be clad in purple.
- Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you…
- Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses: if short, then in a short one; if long,…
- Opportunity beckons more surely when misfortune comes upon a person than it ever does when that person is riding the crest of a wave of…
- A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path—he does not mock and jeer at him…
- When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is…
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