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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."
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"I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own."
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"A great mind becomes a great fortune."
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"Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave."
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"Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down."
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"Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you."
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"The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied."
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"Fortune befriends the bold."
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"Risk means 'shit happens' or 'good luck."
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"Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us."
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"We do not know what is really good or bad fortune."
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"In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances."
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"We say little, when vanity does not make us speak."
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"When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them."
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"He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks."
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"It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone."
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"If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss."
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"Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt."
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"To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die."
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"We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves."
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"There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade."
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