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Where the mind is tinctured with philosophy, there is no place for grief, anxiety, or superfluous vexations.
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Not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient; for he that is so, wants nothing.
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To lament the death of a friend is both natural and just; a sigh or a tear I would allow to his memory: but no profuse or obstinate sorrow.
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A wise man gives way to tears in some cases, and cannot avoid them in others.
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Oh! the delights of rest when a man comes to be weary, and of meat when he is heartily hungry.
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A wise man is never so busy as in the solitary contemplation of God and the works of Nature.