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It is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a different reading.
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Different Moral Nation Reading
When people told the audience that [Sam Kinison] was good, he was accepted after that.
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Acceptance Audience Goodness People
Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.
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Correct Discover Improvement Mistake Yourself
We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.
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Danger Fear Ourselves Philosophy Situation Suffering
If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.
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Desire Praise Yourself
The reason we have few friends in adversity, is, because we have no true ones in prosperity.
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Adversity Friendship Oneself Prosperity Reason True
A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.
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Commitment Display Excuse Mistake
The joy a person is usually seen to express at the conversion of another to his opinion is seldom more than the impulse of egotistical satisfaction at being considered worthy of didactic imitation.
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Ego Expression Imitation Joy Opinion Person Satisfaction See Worth
Liberty, like health, appears most precious when lost.
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Appearance Health Liberty Lost Precious
The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.
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Beginning Knowledge Mistake Philosophy Wisdom
It is often better to be restricted to necessity than unconfined in the measure of our desires: prosperity destroys more individuals than adversity ruins.
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Adversity Better Desire Destroy Necessary Prosperity Ruin
The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.
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Imperfection Man Ourselves Praise Seek Virtue
He that searches for praise will often find contempt.
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Himself Praise Search
I don’t have any ambition.
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Ambition Myself One Liner
I don’t really like politics that much. And I like the order and simplicity of sports. They have an ending. You can argue with your friends about it, but in the end you still like sports. I almost love the fantasy world of sports more than the real world.
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End Fantasy Friendship Love Order Politics Simplicity Sports World
It is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
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Fortune Policy Wasted Time

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