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“When another blames thee or hates thee, or when men say anything injurious about thee, approach their poor souls, and see what kind of men they are. Thou wilt discover that there is no reason to take trouble to please them. However, thou must be well disposed towards them, for by nature they are friends. And the gods too aid them in all ways towards the attainment of those things on which they set a value.”

"Look round at the courses of the stars, as if thou wert going along with them; and constantly consider the changes of the elements into one another; for such thoughts purge away the filth of the terrene life."

“If thou art distressed by aught external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to thy judgment concerning it — and this thou hast the power to revoke at any moment.”

"How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only to what he does himself, that it may be just and pure; or as Agathon says, look not round at the depraved morals of others, but run straight along the line without deviating from it."

"Remember how long thou hast been putting off these things, and how often thou hast received an opportunity, and yet dost not use it. Thou must now at last perceive of what universe thou art a part, and that a limit of time is fixed for thee, which if thou dost not use for clearing away the clouds from thy mind, it will go and thou wilt go, and it will never return."