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" For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when he has within him such thoughts that by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquility; and I affirm that tranquility... "
Ethical Addresses - Page 55
1904
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 117

1916 - 986 pages
...common sort of men, for it is in a man's power, whenever he shall choose, to retire into himself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from...by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquillity; and I affirm that tranquillity is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind.' The...
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The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1864 - 345 pages
...most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from...by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquillity ; and I affirm that tranquillity is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind. Constantly...
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The Solitudes of Nature and of Man: Or, The Loneliness of Human Life

William Rounseville Alger - 1867 - 420 pages
...loneliness and silence. And with reference to this let us remember what Marcus Antoninus so well says : " Nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from...by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquillity. Constantly then, give to thyself this retreat, and renew thyself; and let thy principles...
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The British Quarterly Review, Volume 37

Henry Allon - 1863 - 622 pages
...men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to ' retire into thyself. For nowhere, cither with more quiet or more ' freedom from trouble, does...is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind. ' Constantly, then, give thyself to this retreat, and renew thyself ; ' and let thy principles bo brief...
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The thoughts of the emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, tr. by G. Long

emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - 1869 - 230 pages
...most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from...by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquillity; and I affirm that tranquillity is nothing else than the good ordering of the mindConstantly...
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Essays in Criticism

Matthew Arnold (Dichter, England) - 1869 - 438 pages
...with more quiet or more ,ic>.doui from trouble does a man retire than into his own xv.1. ;M:tIcularly when he has within him such thoughts that by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquillity. Constantly, then, give to thyself this retreat, and renew thyself; and let thy principles...
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The Canadian Monthly and National Review, Volume 1

1872 - 590 pages
...common sort of men, for it is in Ihy power, whenever thou shalt choose, to retire into thyself. For nowhere, either with more quiet or more freedom from...by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquillity ; and I affirm that tranquillity is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind. Constantly...
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Essays in Criticism

Matthew Arnold - 1875 - 468 pages
...most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from...by looking into them he' is immediately in perfect tranquillity. Constantly, then, give to thyself this retreat, and renew thyself; and let thy principles...
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Selections from The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antonius, Emperor of Rome

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1876 - 120 pages
...common sort of men ; for it is in thy power, whenever thou shalt choose, to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from...by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquillity. And I affirm that tranquillity is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind. Constantly,...
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The New Englander, Volume 4

1881 - 868 pages
...common sort of men, for it is in thy power, whenever thou shali choose, to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from...trouble, does a man retire than into his own soul." He, too, then, learned that hard lesson taught to so many born with a longing after quiet retreats...
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