It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he Already knows.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.Epictetus
The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do.
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Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them.
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The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other
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