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Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will continue to control them.
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Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?
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The mind that is much elevated and insolent with prosperity, and cast down with adversity, is generally abject and base.
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I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
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