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Ignorance is the cause of fear.
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Hold fast then to this sound and wholesome rule of life; indulge the body only as far as is needful for health.
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To give and to lose is nothing; but to lose and to give still is the part of a great mind.
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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One who's our friend is fond of us; one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.
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We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.
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It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
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Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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The best cure for anger is delay.
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You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
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Away with the world's opinion of you-it's always unsettled and divided.
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Life, if thou knowest how to use it, is long enough.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.
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We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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Many person might have achieved wisdom had they not supposed that they already possessed it.
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