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that_o will_v not_o he_o that_o be_v a_o tribune_n will_v be_v a_o praetor_n the_o praetor_n a_o consul_n never_o reflect_v upon_o what_o he_o be_v but_o only_o look_v forward_o to_o what_o he_o will_v be_v people_z be_v still_o compute_v must_v i_o lose_v this_o or_o that_o benefit_n if_o it_o be_v lose_v the_o fault_n lie_v in_o the_o ill_a bestow_n of_o it_o for_o right_o place_v it_o be_v as_o good_a as_o consecrate_a if_o we_o be_v deceive_v in_o another_o let_v we_o not_o be_v deceive_v in_o ourselves_o too_o a_o charitable_a man_n will_v mend_v the_o matter_n and_o say_v to_o himself_o perhaps_o he_o have_v forget_v it_o perchance_o he_o can_v not_o perhaps_o he_o will_v yet_o requite_v it_o a_o patient_a creditor_n will_v of_o a_o ill_a paymaster_n in_o time_n make_v a_o good_a creditor_n a_o obstinate_a goodness_n overcome_v a_o ill_a disposition_n as_o a_o barren_a soil_n be_v make_v fruitful_a by_o care_n and_o tillage_n but_o let_v a_o man_n be_v never_o so_o ungrateful_a 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office_n but_o the_o duty_n if_o the_o world_n be_v wicked_a we_o shall_v yet_o persevere_v in_o welldoing_a even_o among_o evil_a men._n i_o have_v rather_o never_o receive_v a_o kindness_n than_o never_o bestow_v one_o not_o to_o return_v a_o benefit_n be_v the_o great_a sin_n but_o not_o to_o confer_v it_o be_v the_o early_o we_o can_v propose_v to_o ourselves_o a_o more_o glorious_a example_n than_o that_o of_o the_o almighty_a who_o neither_o needs_o nor_o expect_v any_o thing_n from_o we_o and_o yet_o he_o be_v continual_o shower_v down_o and_o distribute_v his_o mercy_n and_o his_o grace_n among_o we_o not_o only_o for_o our_o necessity_n but_o also_o for_o our_o delight_n as_o fruit_n and_o season_n rain_v and_o sunshine_n vein_n of_o water_n and_o of_o metal_n and_o all_o this_o to_o the_o wicked_a as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o good_a and_o without_o any_o other_o end_n than_o the_o common_a benefit_n of_o the_o receiver_n with_o what_o face_n then_o can_v we_o be_v mercenary_a 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as_o leave_v any_o place_n for_o ingratitude_n i_o will_v pursue_v and_o i_o will_v encompass_v the_o receiver_n with_o benefit_n so_o that_o let_v he_o look_v which_o way_n he_o will_v his_o benefactor_n shall_v be_v still_o in_o his_o eye_n even_o when_o he_o will_v avoid_v his_o own_o memory_n and_o then_o i_o will_v remit_v to_o one_o man_n because_o he_o call_v for_o it_o to_o another_o because_o he_o do_v not_o to_o a_o three_o because_o he_o be_v wicked_a and_o to_o a_o four_o because_o he_o be_v the_o contrary_a i_o will_v cast_v away_o a_o good_a turn_v upon_o a_o bad_a man_n and_o i_o will_v requite_v a_o good_a one_o the_o one_o because_o it_o be_v my_o duty_n and_o the_o other_o that_o i_o may_v not_o be_v in_o his_o debt_n i_o do_v not_o love_v to_o hear_v any_o man_n complain_v that_o he_o have_v meet_v with_o a_o thankless_a man._n if_o he_o have_v meet_v but_o with_o one_o he_o have_v either_o be_v very_o fortunate_a or_o very_o careful_a and_o yet_o care_n be_v not_o 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expose_v a_o man_n to_o appetite_n that_o be_v vast_a unlimited_a and_o intolerable_a virtue_n be_v free_a and_o indefatigable_a and_o accompany_v with_o concord_n and_o gracefulness_n whereas_o pleasure_n be_v mean_a servile_a transitory_a tiresome_a and_o sickly_a and_o scarce_o outlive_v the_o taste_n of_o it_o it_o be_v the_o good_a of_o the_o belly_n and_o not_o of_o the_o man_n and_o only_o the_o felicity_n of_o brute_n who_o do_v not_o know_v that_o fool_n enjoy_v their_o pleasure_n and_o that_o there_o be_v great_a variety_n in_o the_o entertainment_n of_o wickedness_n nay_o the_o mind_n itself_o have_v its_o variety_n of_o perverse_a pleasure_n as_o well_o as_o the_o body_n as_o insolence_n self-conceipt_n pride_n garrulity_n laziness_n and_o the_o abusive_a wit_n of_o turn_v every_o thing_n into_o ridicule_n whereas_o virtue_n weigh_v all_o this_o and_o correct_v it_o it_o be_v the_o knowledge_n both_o of_o other_o and_o of_o itself_o it_o be_v to_o be_v learn_v from_o 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who_o seat_n be_v upon_o the_o top_n of_o it_o he_o that_o master_n avarice_n and_o be_v true_o good_a stand_v firm_a against_o ambition_n he_o look_v upon_o his_o last_o hour_n not_o as_o a_o punishment_n but_o as_o the_o equity_n of_o a_o common_a fate_n he_o that_o subdue_v his_o carnal_a lust_n shall_v easy_o keep_v himself_o unteint_v with_o any_o other_o so_o that_o reason_n do_v not_o encounter_v this_o or_o that_o vice_n by_o itself_o but_o beat_v down_o all_o at_o a_o blow_n what_o do_v he_o care_n for_o ignominy_n that_o only_o value_v himself_o upon_o conscience_n and_o not_o opinion_n socrates_n look_v a_o scandalous_a death_n in_o the_o face_n with_o the_o same_o constancy_n that_o he_o have_v before_o practise_v towards_o the_o thirty_o tyrant_n his_o virtue_n consecrate_v the_o very_a dungeon_n as_o cato_n repulse_v be_v cato_n honour_n and_o the_o reproach_n of_o the_o government_n he_o that_o be_v wise_a will_v take_v delight_n even_o in_o a_o ill_a opinion_n that_o be_v well_o get_v it_o be_v ostentation_n not_o virtue_n when_o a_o man_n will_v have_v his_o good_a deed_n publish_v and_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o be_v just_a where_o there_o be_v honour_n to_o be_v get_v but_o to_o continue_v so_o in_o defiance_n of_o infamy_n and_o danger_n but_o virtue_n can_v lie_v hide_v for_o the_o time_n will_v come_v that_o suppress_v shall_v raise_v it_o again_o even_o after_o it_o be_v bury_v and_o deliver_v it_o from_o the_o malignity_n of_o the_o age_n that_o oppress_v it_o immortal_a glory_n be_v the_o shadow_n of_o it_o and_o keep_v it_o company_n whether_o we_o will_v or_o no_o but_o sometime_o the_o shadow_n go_v before_o the_o substance_n and_o otherwhiles_o it_o follow_v it_o and_o the_o late_a it_o come_v the_o large_a it_o be_v when_o even_o envy_n itself_o shall_v have_v give_v way_n to_o it_o it_o be_v a_o long_a time_n that_o democritus_n be_v take_v for_o a_o madman_n and_o before_o socrates_n have_v any_o esteem_n in_o the_o world_n how_o long_o be_v it_o before_o cato_n can_v be_v understand_v nay_o he_o be_v affront_v contemn_a and_o reject_v and_o people_n never_o know_v the_o value_n of_o he_o till_o they_o have_v lose_v he_o the_o integrity_n and_o courage_n of_o rutilius_n have_v be_v forget_v but_o for_o his_o suffering_n i_o speak_v of_o those_o that_o fortune_n have_v make_v famous_a for_o their_o persecution_n and_o there_o be_v other_o also_o that_o the_o world_n never_o take_v notice_n of_o till_o they_o be_v dead_a as_o epicurus_n and_o metrodorus_n that_o be_v almost_o whole_o unknown_a even_o in_o the_o place_n where_o they_o live_v now_o as_o the_o body_n be_v to_o be_v keep_v in_o upon_o the_o downhill_o and_o force_v upward_o so_o there_o be_v some_o virtue_n that_o require_v the_o rein_n and_o other_o the_o spur._n in_o liberality_n temperance_n gentleness_n of_o nature_n we_o be_v to_o check_v ourselves_o for_o fear_v of_o fall_v but_o in_o patience_n resolution_n and_o perseverance_n where_o we_o be_v to_o mount_v the_o hill_n we_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o encouragement_n upon_o this_o division_n of_o the_o matter_n i_o have_v rather_o steer_v the_o smooth_a course_n than_o pass_v through_o the_o experiment_n of_o sweat_n and_o blood_n i_o know_v it_o be_v my_o duty_n to_o be_v content_a in_o all_o condition_n but_o yet_o if_o it_o be_v at_o my_o choice_n i_o will_v choose_v the_o fair_a when_o a_o man_n come_v once_o to_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o fortune_n his_o life_n be_v anxious_a suspicious_a timorous_a dependent_a upon_o every_o moment_n and_o in_o fear_n of_o all_o accident_n how_o can_v that_o man_n resign_v himself_o to_o god_n or_o bear_v his_o lot_n whatever_o it_o be_v without_o murmur_a and_o cheerful_o submit_v to_o providence_n that_o shrink_v at_o every_o motion_n of_o pleasure_n or_o pain_n it_o be_v virtue_n alone_o that_o raise_v we_o above_o grief_n hope_n fear_n and_o chance_n and_o make_v we_o not_o only_a patient_n but_o willing_a as_o know_v that_o 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