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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Alone Equality Freedom Goodness Talk
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
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Fun Himself Men relief Serious
The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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Happiness Humble Life Reality
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
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Naked Respect Women
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Fortune Luck Men Side
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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Death Life Refuge
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death Inspirational One Liner Suicide
It is better to be envied than pitied.
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Better Envy One Liner
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Foolish Outrage Useless War
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
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Character Envy Human Kind Nature
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
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Honor Love Possession Shady
The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
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Disease Live Long Time Trials
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
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Absence Adversity Drawing Mad Men Strength
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Fortune Hate Human Men Wisdom
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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God Himself Suffering

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

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