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Prosperity has this property, it puffs up narrow Souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and look down upon the World with Contempt; but a truly noble and resolved Spirit appears greatest in Distress, and then becomes more bright and conspicuous.

Plutarch
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Either is both, and Both is neither.

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The great god Pan is dead.

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Barba non facit philosophum

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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

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For the wise man, every day is a festival.

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