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Again, we must keep ourselves free from every1
disturbing emotion, not only from desire and fear, but
also from excessive pain and pleasure, and from anger,
so that we may enjoy that calm of soul and freedom
from care which bring both moral stability and dignity of character. But there have been many and still2
are many who, while pursuing that calm of soul of
which I speak, have withdrawn from civic duty and
taken refuge in retirement. Among such have been
found the most famous and by far the foremost philosophers3 and certain other4 earnest, thoughtful men
who could not endure the conduct of either the
people or their leaders; some of them, too, lived in
the country and found their pleasure in the management of their private estates.
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