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Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.

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You should always be ready to apply these two rules of action, the first, to do nothing other than what the kingly and law-making art ordains for the ...more

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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

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No more roundabout discussions of what makes a good man. Be one!

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Our life is what our thoughts make it.

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When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive-- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love

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Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.

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Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.

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As far as you can, get into the habit of asking yourself in relation to any action taken by another: "What is his point of reference here?" But begin ...more

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In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I a...more

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Salvation: to see each thing for what it is— its nature and its purpose.To do only what is right, say only what is true, without holding back.What els...more

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As for thy thirst after books, away with it with all speed.

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How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

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Whatever this is that I am, it is a little flesh and breath, and the ruling part. Throw away thy books; no longer distract thyself: it is not allowed;...more

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striid andWthdraw into yourself. Our master-reason asks no more than to act justly, and thereby to achieve calm.