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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them
It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows
If you wish to be a writer, write
If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it
Freedom is the right to live as we wish
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire
Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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