Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
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If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.
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Silence is safer than speech.
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Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.
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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.
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