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In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.
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For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy.
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He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face, unbending both to good and bad; his countenance unconquered.
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All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.
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No man can ever be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune.
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Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
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Born:
480
Died:
524
(aged 44)
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