It is easy when we

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

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There is adantage in the

There is adantage in the wisdom won from pain

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He who learns must suffer.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

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His resolve is not to

His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.

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Only when man's life comes

Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy.

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It is a profitable thing,

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

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Destiny waits alike for the

Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

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For somehow this is tyranny's

For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends.

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In war, truth is the

In war, truth is the first casualty.

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Death is better, a milder

Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.

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