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While you cannot resolve what you are, at last you may be nothing.
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Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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It is easy in adversity to despise death he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
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The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
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Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours. [Lat., Extra fortunam est, quidquid donatur amicis Quas dederis, selas semper habebis opes.]
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