Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
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Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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