We become wiser by adversity prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.

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No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.

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As is a tale, so is life not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

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If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favourable to him.

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There is a noble manner of being poor and who does not know it will never be rich.

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The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

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This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly. - Epistulae ad Lucilium

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