If you ever happen to turn your attention to externals, for the pleasure of any one, be assured that you
have ruined your scheme of life. Be contented, then,
in everything, with being a philosopher; and if you
wish to seem so likewise to any one, appear so to
yourself, and it will suffice you.
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