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"Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune."
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"If man could write his own fate, he would have designed his journey to be without obstacles. Yet all obstacles come with valuable lessons designed just for you and only you. Suffering is imposed on us time and again so that one day we would become brave wise masters. That is, a strong being who is confidently aware of their intended direction in life, and fearlessly adding value to the world and their future."
"To fall down is to face the weakness of my humanity, test the mettle of my character, and push the limits of my strength. Therefore, falling down will tell me who I am far more clearly than most things I might learn when I'm standing up."
"Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless."
"Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has."
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"The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest."
"Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart."
"So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech."
"We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things."
"Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet."
"Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit."
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