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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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I would have to say the probability of us dying seems extremely high.
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Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.
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A good Soul hath neither too great joy, nor too great sorrow: for it rejoiceth in goodness; and it sorroweth in wickedness. By the means whereof, when it beholdeth all things, and seeth the good and bad so mingled together, it can neither rejoice greatly; nor be grieved with over much sorrow.
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To cognize the Divine Essence - this is the highest purpose of soul, sent by the Creator to the Earth!
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A thought is an idea in transit.
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It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families.
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Let exercise alternate with rest.
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Meditate upon my counsels; love them; follow them; To the divine virtues will they know how to lead thee. I swear it by the One who in our hearts engraved The sacred Tetrad , symbol immense and pure, Source of Nature and model of the Gods.
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Number is the within of all things.
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Allow not sleep to close your eyes before three times reflecting on Your actions of the day. What deeds Done well, what not, what left undone?
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Before all, be real. Only the truth gives to the word the Orpheus' Lyre power.
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Wisdom, thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten.
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The octave formed a circle and gave our noble earth its form.
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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
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Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul.
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Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled.
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Assist a man in raising a burden; but do not assist him in laying it down.
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Time is the soul of this world.
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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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Write in the sand the flaws of your friend.
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Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.
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Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
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Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?
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