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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.

Seneca the Younger

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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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He who is brave is free.
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His head was turned by too great success.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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