Fight against yourself, ...

Fight against yourself, recover yourself to decency, to modesty, to freedom. And, in the first place, condemn your actions; but when you have condemned them, do not despair of yourself. For both ruin and recovery are from within.
Fight against yourself, recover yourself to decency, to modesty, to freedom. And, in the first place, condemn your actions; but when you have condemned them, do not despair of yourself. For both ruin and recovery are from within.

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Never complain and never explain.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.