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To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction. – Sir Alfred Jules Ayer

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When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it. – Marcus Aurelius

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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. – Aristotle

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I have only one counsel for you — be master. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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