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In all thy undertakings, let a reasonable assurance animate thy endeavors if thou despairest of success, thou shalt not succeed.

Akhenaten

When you are risen on the eastern horizon You have filled every land with your beauty. Though you are far away, your rays are on Earth.
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Earth Fill Land Rise Yourself
As a camel beareth labor, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not; so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils.
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Camel Labour Man Sustain
Say not unto thyself, Behold, truth breedeth hatred, and I will avoid it; dissimulation raiseth friends, and I will follow it. Are not the enemies made by truth, better than the friends obtained by flattery?
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Avoid Enemy Flattery Friendship Truth
The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance.
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Ambition Anguish Crowd Distance Himself Oneself
As the moon retaineth her nature, though darkness spread itself before her face as a curtain, so the Soul remaineth perfect even in the bosom of the fool.
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Face Fools Moon Nature Perfection
Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.
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Garment Lay Separate Soul
Why seeketh thou revenge, O man! with what purpose is it that thou pursuest it? Thinkest thou to pain thine adversary by it? Know that thou thyself feelest its greatest torments.
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Feeling Greatness Man Purpose Revenge
To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
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Greatness Himself Satisfaction Trouble Wisdom
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.
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Fools Ignorance Mistake True Wisdom
The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee.
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Lips Open Pour Treasure Wisdom
Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul They are its actions, but they are not its essence.
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Call Essence Soul Thinking Understand
Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.
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Action Change Man Principle Right See Yourself
A contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
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Finding Hide Mindset Satisfaction Treasure
Be upright in thy whole life; be content in all its changes;so shalt thou make thy profit out of all occurrences; so shall everything that happeneth unto thee be the source of praise
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Change Content Life Praise Source
In all thy undertakings, let a reasonable assurance animate thy endeavors if thou despairest of success, thou shalt not succeed.
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Assurance Reason Success Yourself
Though thou art far away, thy rays are on Earth; Though thou art in their faces, no one knows thy going.
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Art Earth Face Known

In all thy undertakings, let a reasonable assurance animate thy endeavors if thou despairest of success, thou shalt not succeed.

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