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"The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain."
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"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."
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"The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain."
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"Refuse to react to any angry actions."
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"Immediate gratification is a dream killer."
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"When you are angry, close your eyes, you will regain your inner peace."
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"Discipline is when we delay our gratifications."
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"A deep breath is a technique with which we minimize the number of instances where we say what we do not mean - or what we really think."
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"Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers."
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"If you want to change someone, start and end with yourself. You're all you've got control over.yes, other people can change.no, you can't change other people."
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"One must say, be in charge of your fucking feelings and keep your mouth shut."
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"All terrible things are more terrible if they give us no chance of retrieving a blunder-either no chance at all, or only one that depends on our enemies and not ourselves. Those things are also worse which we cannot, or cannot easily, help. Speaking generally, anything causes us to feel fear that when it happens to, or threatens, others causes us to feel pity."
Emotion
"A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end."
Philosophy
"The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom."
Wisdom
"Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way."
Identity
"Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies."
Friendship
"Tis the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
Education
"There was never a genius without a tincture of madness."
Wisdom
"The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain."
Self-Control
"To amuse oneself in order that one may exert oneself, as Anacharsis puts it, seems right; for amusement is a sort of relaxation, and we need relaxation because we cannot work continuously."
Balance
"Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth."
Wisdom
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