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…praise does not make anything better or worse.

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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.

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Be like a rocky promontory against which the restless surf continually pounds; it stands fast while the churning sea is lulled to sleep at its feet. I...more

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Be your own master, and look at things as a man, as a human being, as a citizen, as a mortal creature.