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 This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is 
good and to grieve at the read more 
 This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is 
good and to grieve at the opposite.
 [Lat., Ergo hoc proprium est animi bene constituti, et laetari 
bonis rebus, et dolere contrariis.] 
Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct.
Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct.
Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good read more
Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is.
Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is.
Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.
Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to read more
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
 A fierce unrest seethes at the core
 Of all existing things:
  It was the eager wish to read more 
 A fierce unrest seethes at the core
 Of all existing things:
  It was the eager wish to soar
   That gave the gods their wings.
    . . . .
     There throbs through all the worlds that are
      This heart-beat not and strong,
       And shaken systems, star by star,
        Awake and glow in song.