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	'Let thine occupations be few,' saith the sage, 'if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.'
	A wrong-doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always he that has done something.
	All is ephemeral,--fame and the famous as well.
	As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land but the fame that comes after is oblivion.
	As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two.
	Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live death is nigh at hand while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.
	Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.
	By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.
	Deem not life a thing of consequence. For look at the yawning void of the future, and at that other limitless space, the past.
	Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it.... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

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