The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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What must be shall be and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that struggles.
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Courage leads to heaven fear, to death.
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