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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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"Virtue lies in our power, and similarly so does vice; because where it is in our power to act, it is also in our power not to act."

"With respect to the requirement of art, the probable impossible is always preferable to the improbable possible."

"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor."

"The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live."

"It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition."
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