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Leisure is the best of all possessions.
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Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.
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Our prayer should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
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Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
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The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them.
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The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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To move the world we must first move ourselves.
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Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
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