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when people see their friends' houses on fire they put it out as quickly and energetically as they can, but when their souls are on fire they themselves bring fuel
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the body is weighed down by the burden of what presses on it, but the soul often adds to the real load a burden of its own
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Self-love is mainly to blame, making people fond of being first and aspiring in all matters, and insatiably desirous to engage in everything.