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be_v both_o the_o foundation_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o no_o man_n be_v ever_o yet_o so_o poor_a but_o he_o have_v enough_o to_o carry_v he_o to_o his_o journey_n end_n all_z i_o desire_n be_v that_o my_o poverty_n fortune_n may_v not_o be_v a_o burden_n to_o myself_o or_o make_v i_o so_o to_o other_o and_o that_o be_v the_o best_a state_n of_o fortune_n that_o be_v neither_o direct_o necessitous_a nor_o far_o from_o it_o a_o mediocrity_n of_o fortune_n with_o a_o gentleness_n of_o mind_n will_v preserve_v we_o from_o fear_n or_o envy_n which_o be_v a_o desirable_a condition_n for_o no_o man_n want_v power_n to_o do_v mischief_n we_o never_o consider_v the_o blessing_n of_o covet_v nothing_o and_o the_o glory_n of_o be_v full_a in_o ourselves_o without_o depend_v upon_o fortune_n with_o parsimony_n a_o little_a be_v sufficient_a and_o without_o it_o nothing_o whereas_o frugality_n make_v a_o poor_a man_n rich._n if_o we_o lose_v a_o estate_n we_o have_v better_o never_o have_v have_v it_o he_o that_o have_v least_o to_o lose_v have_v lest_o to_o fear_n and_o those_o be_v better_o satisfy_v who_o fortune_n never_o favour_v than_o those_o who_o she_o have_v forsake_v that_o state_n be_v most_o commodious_a that_o lie_v betwixt_o poverty_n and_o plenty_n diogenes_n understand_v this_o very_a well_o when_o he_o put_v himself_o into_o a_o incapacity_n of_o lose_v any_o thing_n that_o course_n of_o life_n be_v most_o commodious_a which_o be_v both_o safe_a and_o wholesome_a the_o body_n be_v to_o be_v indulge_v no_o far_o than_o for_o health_n and_o rather_o mortify_v than_o not_o keep_v in_o subjection_n to_o the_o mind_n it_o be_v necessary_a to_o provide_v against_o hunger_n thirst_v and_o cold_a and_o somewhat_o for_o a_o cover_v to_o shelter_v we_o against_o other_o inconvenience_n but_o not_o a_o pin_n matter_n whether_o it_o be_v of_o turf_n or_o of_o marble_n a_o man_n may_v lie_v as_o warm_v and_o as_o dry_v under_o a_o thatch_a as_o under_o a_o gild_a roof_n let_v the_o mind_n be_v great_a and_o glorious_a and_o all_o other_o thing_n be_v despicable_a in_o comparison_n the_o future_a be_v uncertain_a and_o i_o have_v rather_o beg_v of_o myself_o not_o to_o desire_v any_o thing_n than_o of_o fortune_n to_o bestow_v it_o the_o end_n seneca_n of_o anger_n and_o clemency_n the_o content_n chap._n i._n anger_n describe_v it_o be_v against_o nature_n and_o only_o to_o be_v find_v in_o men._n p._n 1._o chap._n ii_o the_o rise_n of_o anger_n p._n 7._o chap._n iii_o anger_n may_v be_v suppress_v p._n 12._o chap._n iu._n it_o be_v a_o short_a madness_n and_o a_o deform_a vice_n p._n 20._o chap._n v._n anger_n be_v neither_o warrantable_a nor_o useful_a p._n 25._o chap._n vi_o anger_n in_o general_n with_o the_o danger_n and_o effect_n of_o it_o p._n 45._o chap._n vii_o the_o ordinary_a ground_n and_o occasion_n of_o anger_n p._n 65._o chap._n viii_o advice_n in_o the_o case_n of_o contumely_n and_o revenge_n p._n 76._o chap._n ix_o caution_n against_o anger_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o education_n converse_n and_o other_o general_n mean_v of_o prevent_v it_o both_o in_o ourselves_o and_o other_o p._n 86._o chap._n x._o against_o rash_a judgement_n p._n 100_o chap._n xi_o take_v nothing_o ill_a from_o another_o man_n till_o you_o have_v make_v it_o your_o own_o case_n p._n 109._o chap._n xii_o of_o cruelty_n p._n 115._o of_o clemency_n p._n 125._o seneca_n of_o anger_n chap._n i._o anger_n describe_v it_o be_v against_o nature_n and_o only_o to_o be_v find_v in_o men._n we_o be_v here_o to_o encounter_n the_o most_o outrageous_a brutal_a dangerous_a and_o intractable_a of_o all_o passion_n the_o most_o loathsome_a and_o unmannerly_a nay_o the_o most_o ridiculous_a too_o and_o the_o subdue_a of_o this_o monster_n will_v do_v a_o great_a deal_n towards_o the_o establishment_n of_o humane_a peace_n it_o be_v the_o method_n of_o physician_n to_o begin_v with_o a_o description_n of_o the_o disease_n before_o 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