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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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Acquire a method of perceiving how all things change into one another.
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Am I equipped for nothing but to lie among the bed-clothes and keep warm?
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In rest you go beyond these limits, and beyond what is enough; but in action you do not fill the measure, and remain well within your powers.
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if you see that anything is within man's power, and part of his proper work, conclude that you also may attain to it