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The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant.

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Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own: he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Be fair or foul or rain or shine, the joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not Heaven itself upon the past has power, but what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

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Let me posses what I now have, or even less, so that I may enjoy my remaining days, if Heaven grant any to remain.

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The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage eagles produce a peaceful dove.

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It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.

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What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

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It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

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Drive Nature forth by force, she'll turn and rout The false refinements that would keep her out.

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Day is pushed out by day, and each new moon hastens to its death. [Lat., Truditur dies die, Novaeque pergunt interire lunae.]

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All powerful money gives birth and beauty. [Lat., Et genus et formam regina pecunia donat.]

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Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and despising the honors of the world, who relies wholly on himself, whose angular points of character have all been rounded off and polished.

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The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.

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We hate virtue when it is safe; when removed from our sight we diligently seek it. [Lat., Virtutem incolumem odimus, Sublatum ex oculis quaerimus.]

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It is good to labor; it is also good to rest from labor.

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Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.

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A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.

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To carry timber into the wood. [Lat., In silvam ligna ferre.]

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Our years Glide silently away. No tears, No loving orisons repair The wrinkled cheek, the whitening hair That drop forgotten to the tomb.

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In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.

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Better to accept whatever happens.

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