“ So it follows that those who have reason have freedom to will or not to will, although this freedom is not equal in all of them. [...] human souls are more free when they persevere in the contemplation of the mind of God, less free when they descend to the corporeal, and even less free when they are entirely imprisoned in earthly flesh and blood. ”
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“ Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it. ”
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“ So dry your tears. Fortune has not yet turned her hatred against all your blessings. The storm has not yet broken upon you with too much violence. Your anchors are holding firm and they permit you both comfort in the present, and hope in the future. ”
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“ Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior. ”
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“ In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune. ”
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“ He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate can look fortune in the face. ”
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“ It's my belief that history is a wheel. 'Inconstancy is my very essence,' says the wheel. Rise up on my spokes if you like but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good time pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it's also our hope… ”
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“ In other living creatures the ignorance of themselves is nature, but in men it is a vice. ”
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“ In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune. ”
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“ Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior. ”
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“ If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy. ”
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“ It's my belief that history is a wheel. 'Inconstancy is my very essence,' says the wheel. Rise up on my spokes if you like but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good time pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it's also our hope… ”
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“ If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy. ”
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“ He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate can look fortune in the face. ”
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“ If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy. ”
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“ Wealth shines in giving rather than in hoarding, for the miser is hated whereas the generous man is applauded. ”
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“ Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home. ”
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“ When the SunClearest shinethSerenest in the heaven,Quickly are obscuredAll over the earthOther stars. ”
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“ When the SunClearest shinethSerenest in the heaven,Quickly are obscuredAll over the earthOther stars. ”
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