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" All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. "
Lies
Philosophy
Words
" All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way. "
Own
Religion
Man
" Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. "
Better
Ignorant
Rich
" Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee. "
Lest
Take
Thy
" Difficulties are things that show a person what they are. "
Difficulties
Things
Person
" Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly. "
Often
Laugh
Much
" Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them. "
Wishes
Will
Find
" First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. "
Meaning
Say
Speak
" First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. "
Yourself
You
Would
" Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. "
Freedom
Desire
Enjoyment
" Freedom is the right to live as we wish. "
Freedom
Wish
Right
" God has entrusted me with myself. "
God
Me
Myself
" He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk. "
More
Drunk
Who
" He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. "
Wise
Things
Man
" If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it. "
Be True
You
Lie
" If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please. "
Pleasures
Greatest
Please
" If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother. "
He
More
Than
" If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it. "
Progress
Peace
Happiness
" If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked. "
Good
Desire
You
" If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible. "
Will
You
Victory
" If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. "
Thought
You
Content
" If you wish to be a writer, write. "
Wish
Write
You
" Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public. "
You
Character
Personality
" Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. "
Wish
Right
Nothing
" It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows. "
Learn
Thinks
Knows
" It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. "
Dreaded
Fear
Pain
" It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting. "
Who
Your
Things
" It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. "
Foolish
Nature
Slave
" It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. "
React
Wisdom
Happens
" It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it. "
Good
Body
Heart
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