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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

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

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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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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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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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Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

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It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible...more

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A man should always have these two rules in readiness. First, to do only what the reason of your ruling and legislating faculties suggest for the serv...more

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Will any man despise me? Let him see to it. But I will see to it that I may not be found doing or saying anything that deserves to be despised.

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Nothing is more scandalous than a man that is proud of his humility.