Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain.
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Union gives strength.
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends,
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.