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| 26 | — | — | 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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| 27 | — | — | As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two. |
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| 28 | — | — | The ruling power within, when it is in its natural state, is so related to outer circumstances that it easily changes to accord with what can be done and what is given it to do. |
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| 29 | — | — | Let no act be done at haphazard, nor otherwise than according to the finished rules that govern its kind. |
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| 30 | — | — | By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered. |
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| 31 | — | — | Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul. |
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| 32 | — | — | Variant translation: Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. |
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| 33 | — | — | The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it. |
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| 34 | — | — | The universe is flux, life is opinion. |
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| 35 | — | — | The universe is transformation: life is opinion. |
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| 36 | — | — | Think on this doctrine,—that reasoning beings were created for one another's sake; that to be patient is a branch of justice, and that men sin without intending it. |
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| 37 | — | — | Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing. |
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| 38 | — | — | If mind is common to us, then also the reason, whereby we are reasoning beings, is common. If this be so, then also the reason which enjoins what is to be done or left undone is common. If this be so, law also is common; if this be so, we are citizens; if this be so, we are partakers in one constitution; if this be so, the Universe is a kind of Commonwealth. |
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| 39 | — | — | That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within. |
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| 40 | — | — | Whatever happens at all happens as it should; you will find this true, if you watch narrowly. |
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| 41 | — | — | Death hangs over thee: whilst yet thou livest, whilst thou mayest, be good. |
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| 42 | — | — | Many the lumps of frankincense on the same altar; one falls there early and another late, but it makes no difference. |
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| 43 | — | — | Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty. |
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| 44 | — | — | Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised. |
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| 45 | — | — | All that is harmony for you, my Universe, is in harmony with me as well. Nothing that comes at the right time for you is too early or too late for me. Everything is fruit to me that your seasons bring, Nature. All things come of you, have their being in you, and return to you. |
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| 46 | — | — | "Let your occupations be few," says the sage, "if you would lead a tranquil life." |
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| 47 | — | — | Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith. |
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| 48 | — | — | Remember this— that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life. |
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| 49 | — | — | All is ephemeral — fame and the famous as well. |
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| 50 | — | — | Observe always that everything is the result of a change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and to make new ones like them. |
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