A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee
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No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.
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Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.
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Vice is contagious, and there is no trusting the sound and the sick together.
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A great fortune is a great servitude.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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