If you would be good, first believe you are bad.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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If anyone tells you a person speaks ill of you, do not make excuse about what is said but answer, 'He was ignorant of my other faults else he would not have mentioned these alone.'
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Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher 'What sinews are those' A will undisappointed evils avoided powers daily exercised careful resolutions unerring decisions.
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There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
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