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"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."
"I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own."
"We do not know what is really good or bad fortune."
"Accidental wisdom is better than willful folly."
"There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune."
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"Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate."
"As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay."
"He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do, and seeks the credit of a task well and skillfully performed."
"In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural."
"Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others."
"Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty."
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