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The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

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Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

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