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A wise man is he

A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Tell me where I can

Tell me where I can escape death: discover for me the country, show me the men to whom I must go, whom death does not visit. Discover to me a charm against death. If I have not one, what do you wish me to do? I cannot escape from death, but shall I die lamenting and trembling? . . . Therefore if I am able to change externals according to my wish, I change them: but if I cannot, I am ready to tear the eyes out of him who hinders me.
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If you want to improve,

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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It is the action of

It is the action of an uninstructed person to reproach others for his own misfortune; of one entering instruction, to reproach himself; and one perfectly instructed, to reproach neither others nor himself.
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First say to yourself what

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Whenever you are angry, be

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
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He is a drunkard who

He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
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So you wish to conquer

So you wish to conquer in the Olympic games, my friend? And I too, by the Gods, and a fine thing it would be! But first mark the conditions and the consequences, and then set to work. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or no, in cold and heat; to abstain from cold drinks and from wine at your will; in a word, to give yourself over to the trainer as to a physician. Then in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, or to be severely thrashed, and, after all these things, to be defeated.
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Let death be daily before

Let death be daily before your eyes, and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything.
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If evil be spoken of

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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