First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
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It is better to advise than upbraid, for the one corrects the erring the other only convicts them.
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If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit give it nothing which may tend to its increase. At first, keep quiet and count the days when you were not angry 'I used to be angry every day, then every other day next, every two, then every three days' and if you succeed in passing thirty days, sacrifice to the gods in thanksgiving.
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