The reward of improper behavior is the stimulus to selfishness; the correction of selfishness is the stimulus to proper behavior.
— Papi Proverb 194
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By choice a man changes or continues the direction in which he heads; even if the grade is too steep and even if he needs help; direction remains a choice of each traveler.
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One should never undertake to journey upon a path that goes to where one knows not the destiny; one’s goals in life are better set, and quested after by reason and never whim.
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