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No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.


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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.




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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.



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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.



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Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.



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