The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.
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Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
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A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
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What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has.... . What a man is in himself, what accompanies him when he is alone, what no one can give him or take away, is obviously more essential to him than everything he has in the way of possessions, or even what he may be in the eyes of the world.
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