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"The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied."
"There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves."
"We do not know what is really good or bad fortune."
"Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall."
"Accidental wisdom is better than willful folly."
"Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down."
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"Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty."
"In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural."
"In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery."
"Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue."
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