First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.Epictetus
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Everything has two handles one by which it may be borne, another by which it cannot.
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