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The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who is braced to effort neither in the office nor out of it
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The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoilt, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your career.
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The beginning of wise living lies in the control of the brain by the will; so that the brain may act according to the precepts which the brain itself gives.
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The brain can be disciplined by learning the habit of obedience.
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A person is idle because his thoughts dwell habitually on the instant pleasures of idleness.
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My aim is to show that only an inappreciable fraction of our ordered and sustained efforts is given to the business of actual living, as distinguished from the preliminaries to living.