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"How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does."

"True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future."

"Don't demand that things happen as you wish—wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well."

"Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly crash. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest."

"How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does, but only to what he does himself."

"Remember that very little disturbs the wise person. It is not because they are insensitive, but because they know what deserves their attention."

"Don't demand that things happen as you wish — wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well."

"Seek not to have events happen as you want them to happen, but want them as they happen and your life will go well."

"Remember that very little disturbs the wise person. It is not because they are insensitive, but because they know what deserves their attention."

"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."

"Don't demand that things happen as you wish — wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well."

"Seek not to have events happen as you want them to happen, but want them as they happen and your life will go well."

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