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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.
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Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
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One must steer, not talk.
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A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.
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We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.
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Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
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When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.
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Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.
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Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.
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In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.
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Every reign must submit to a greater reign.
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