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The universe is flux, life is opinion.

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It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another.

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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

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You have the power to strip away many superfluous troubles located wholly in your judgement, and to possess a large room for yourself embracing in tho...more

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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the ha...more

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Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

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Swiftly the remembrance of all things is buried in the gulf of eternity.

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

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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke...more

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If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the...more

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When you run up against someone else’s shamelessness, ask yourself this: Is a world without shamelessness possible?No. Then don’t ask the impossible. ...more

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From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable, but to make every effort to restore the ...more

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When you are disturbed by events and lose your serenity, quickly return to yourself and don't stay upset longer than the experience lasts; for you'll ...more

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The time of a man's life is as a point; the substance of it ever flowing, the sense obscure; and the whole composition of the body tending to corrupti...more

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Even the least of our activities ought to have some end in view.