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Does it seem to you so small and worthless a thing to be good and happy?
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Most of us are afraid of mortification of the body, and would contrive all means to avoid such a thing, but we care not about the soul’s mortification.
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Why then are you anxious about that which belongs to others?
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Wretch, you are carrying about a god with you, and you know it not.
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I am by Nature made for my own good; not for my own evil.
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If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers.
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See that you do nothing like a sheep; but if you do, in this case also the man is lost.