Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.

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  Let every act, word and thought of yours be such as if you might depart from life this very moment.

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  Consider not only that life is daily wasting away and less of it is left, but also that it is uncertain whether the understanding will remain strong enough to comprehend things.

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  Neither the future nor the past pains you, but only the present.

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  Throw away the thought of how you shall seem to others, and be content if you live the rest of your life as your nature wills.

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  Do not despise death, but be content with it, since this too is one of those things which nature wills.

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  Accept the things with which your lot has been cast, and love the men among whom you have received your portion, but do it truly.

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