"Do not praise an undeserving man because of his riches."

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“You should look into a mirror: if you look fine, do fine things; if you look ugly, correct by nobility the defect of your nature.”

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“Accept of things, having procured them by persuasion, not by force.”

“Choose the course which you adopt with deliberation; but when you have adopted it, then persevere in it with firmness.”

“Speak of the Gods as they are.”

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