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"Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others."
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"Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken."
"Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down."
"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.""
"Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites."
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"Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure."
"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."
"Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience."
"Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues."
"Philanthropist: a rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket."
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