"See what daily exercise does for one."
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"Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always to take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases, treating her as if she were actually going to do everything it is in her power to do. Whatever you have been expecting for some time comes as less of a shock."
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"What once were vices are manners now."
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"If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the gift."
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"Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment."
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"Laws do not persuade just because they threaten."
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"However wretched a fellow-mortal may be, he is still a member of our common species."
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"It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin."
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"Loyalty is the holiest good in the human heart."
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"Life is short and art is long."
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"Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success."
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"If you don't know what port you are sailing to, no wind is favourable."
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"An age builds up cities: an hour destroys them."
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"Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity."
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"You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time."
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"No choice maxims - we Stoics don't practice that kind of window dressing."
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"Man is a reasoning Animal."
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"Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order."
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"Lack of desire is the greatest riches."
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"Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour."
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