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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
All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison
Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit
When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and that of the repentance that is likely to follow it
When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well
When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they do not see how they can get rid of it. Nevertheless, both arrive; and the gods have ordered it so, in the end men seek it from the gods
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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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