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1. Honor
2. Loyalty
3. Liberality
4. Pride
5. Good Faith
6. Bravery
7. Glory
8. Courtesy
9. Unselfishness
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Epictetus:
"Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of one's desires, but by the removal of desire."

"Where is the good? In the will. Where is the evil? In the will. Where is neither of them? In those things which are independent of the will."

"Man is disturbed not by things, but by the views he takes of them."

"If, therefore, any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone."

"I am formed by nature for my own good: I am not formed for my own evil."

"Permit nothing to cleave to you that is not your own; nothing to grow to you that may give you agony when it is torn away."
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Marcus Aurelius:
"Get rid of the judgment, get rid of the 'I am hurt,' you are rid of the hurt itself."

"Everything is right for me, which is right for you, O Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which comes in due time for you. Everything is fruit to me which your seasons bring, O Nature. From you are all things, in you are all things, to you all things return."

"If you work at that which is before you, following right reason seriously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing anything else to distract you, but keeping your divine part pure, as if you were bound to give it back immediately; if you hold to this, expecting nothing, but satisfied to live now according to nature, speaking heroic truth in every word which you utter, you will live happy. And there is no man able to prevent this."

"How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life!"

"Outward things cannot touch the soul, not in the least degree; nor have they admission to the soul, nor can they turn or move the soul; but the soul turns and moves itself alone."

"Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also"

"Or is it your reputation that's bothering you? But look at how soon we're all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of those applauding hands. The people who praise us; how capricious they are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region it takes place. The whole earth a point in space - and most of it uninhabited."
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Remember that even if you were to live for three thousand years, or thirty thousand, you could not lose any other life than the one you have, and there will be no other life after it. So the longest and the shortest lives are the same.

For this present moment is shared by all living creatures, but the time that is past is gone forever. No one can lose the past or the future, for if they don't belong to you, bow can they be taken from you?

Keep in mind these two things: First, that since the beginning of time the cycles of creation have shown the same recurring patterns, so it makes no difference if you live for one hundred years, two hundred years, or forever. Second, that the person who lives the longest life and the one who lives the shortest lose exactly the same thing.

For the present moment is the only thing you can take from anyone, since this is all they really own. No one can lose what they do not own.

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