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“First say to yourself what you would be;
and then do what you have to do.”
― Epictetus

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.”
― Seneca, On Anger

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
― Cicero