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The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. ↗

— Madame de Stael

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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'. ↗

— Charles Simmons

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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. ↗

— Tacitus

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Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. ↗

— Tacitus

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No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

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I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are insecure so long as we are connected with them. ↗

— William H. Wharton

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I fought for years and spent a fortune fighting and never got anywhere. ↗

— David Friedman

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There is no formula to making it to the NFL other than good fortune and and playing well in college. ↗

— Dante Hall

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