Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature’s way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.

There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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Love Oneself Potion
He who labors diligently need never despair.
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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Chance God Kind Observation Preserve
We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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Courage Endurance God Life
In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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Better Knowledge Known
It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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Shoulder Wisdom Young

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