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"I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life."

"One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me."

"The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything."

"That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future."
