Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.Epictetus
So you wish to conquer in the Olympic games, my friend And I too, by the Gods, and a fine thing it would be But first mark the conditions and the consequences, and then set to work. You will have to put yourself under discipline to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or no, in cold and heat to abstain from cold drinks and from wine at your will in a word, to give yourself over to the trainer as to a physician. Then in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, or to be severely thrashed, and, after all these things, to be defeated.
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Remember that you are an actor in a drama, of such a part as it may please the master to assign you, for a long time or for a little as he may choose. And if he will you to take the part of a poor man, or a cripple, or a ruler, or a private citizen, then may you act that part with grace For to act well the part that is allotted to us, that indeed is ours to do, but to choose it is another s.
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If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
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Fortify yourself with moderation for this is an impregnable fortress.
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One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
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