Flinch not, neither give up nor despair, if the achieving of every act in accordance with right principle is not always continuous with thee.
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I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things thathappen to us come because we actually deserve them So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.
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If it is not seemly, do it not if it is not true, speak it not.
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As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two.
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Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within there lies the power to persuade, there the life, there, if one must speak out, the real man.
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That which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before.
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