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Make trial how the life of a good man succeeds with you, the life of one who is content with the lot appointed him by Providence
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Spend, then, the fleeting remnant of your time in a spirit that accords with Nature, and depart contentedly.
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Find your sole delight and recreation in proceeding from one unselfish action to another, with God ever in mind.
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Is pleasure, then, the object of your being, and not action, and the exercise of your powers?
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Love the art which you have learned, humble though it be, and in it find your recreation.
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Others, who love the art that they have made their own, exhaust themselves with labouring at it unwashed and unfed.
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Discourse no more of what a good man should be; but be one.