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INTRODUCTION.
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CHAPTER I. — GENERAL RULES.
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SECTION 1.
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SECTION 2. To estimate a man's condition in regard to happiness, it is
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SECTION 3. Care should be taken not to build the happiness of life
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CHAPTER II. — OUR RELATION TO OURSELVES.—
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SECTION 4.
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SECTION 5. Another important element in the wise conduct of life is to
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SECTION 6. Limitations always make for happiness. We are happy
in
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SECTION 7. Whether we are in a pleasant or a painful state depends,
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SECTION 8. To live a life that shall be entirely prudent and discreet,
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SECTION 9. To be self-sufficient, to be all in all to oneself, to
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SECTION 10. Envy is natural to man; and still, it is at once a
vice
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SECTION 11. Give mature and repeated consideration to any plan before
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SECTION 12.
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SECTION 13. In all matters affecting our weal or woe, we should be
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SECTION 14. The sight of things which do not belong to us is very apt
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SECTION 15. The things which engage our attention—whether they
are
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SECTION 16. We must set limits to our wishes, curb our desires,
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SECTION 17. Life consists in movement, says Aristotle; and he is
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SECTION 18. A man should avoid being led on by the phantoms of his
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SECTION 19. The preceding rule may be taken as a special case of the
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SECTION 20. In the first part of this work I have insisted upon the
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CHAPTER III. — OUR RELATION TO OTHERS.—
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SECTION 22. It is astonishing how easily and how quickly similarity,
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SECTION 23. No man can see over his own height. Let me explain
what
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SECTION 24. I feel respect for the man—and he is one in a
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SECTION 25. La Rochefoucauld makes the striking remark that it is
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SECTION 26. Most men are so thoroughly subjective that nothing really
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SECTION 27. When any wrong statement is made, whether in public or
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SECTION 28. Men are like children, in that, if you spoil them, they
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SECTION 29. It is often the case that people of noble character and
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SECTION 30. No man is so formed that he can be left entirely to
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SECTION 31. A man bears the weight of his own body without knowing it,
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SECTION 32. When he is young, a man of noble character fancies that
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SECTION 33. As paper-money circulates in the world instead of real
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SECTION 34. A man must be still a greenhorn in the ways of the
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SECTION 35. Our trust in other people often consists in great measure
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SECTION 36. Politeness,—which the Chinese hold to be a
cardinal
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SECTION 37. You ought never to take any man as a model for what you
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SECTION 38. Never combat any man's opinion; for though you reached the
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SECTION 39. If you want your judgment to be accepted, express it
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SECTION 40. Even when you are fully justified in praising yourself,
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SECTION 41. If you have reason to suspect that a person is telling you
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SECTION 42. You should regard all your private affairs as secrets,
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SECTION 43. Money is never spent to so much advantage as when you have
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SECTION 44. If possible, no animosity should be felt for anyone. But
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SECTION 45. To speak angrily to a person, to show your hatred by
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SECTION 46. To speak without emphasizing your words—parler
sans
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CHAPTER IV. — WORLDLY FORTUNE.—
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SECTION 48. An ancient writer says, very truly, that there are three
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SECTION 49. That Time works great changes, and that all things are
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SECTION 50. In the daily affairs of life, you will have very many
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SECTION 51. Whatever fate befalls you, do not give way to great
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SECTION 52. What people commonly call Fate is, as a general rule,
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SECTION 53. Courage comes next to prudence as a quality of mind
very
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CHAPTER V. — THE AGES OF LIFE.
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