Without an antagonist prowess fades away.<\/p>\n
Prosperity unbruised cannot endure a single blow, but a man
\nwho has been at constant feud with misfortune acquires a
\nskin calloused by suffering; he yields to no evil and even
\nif he stumbles carries the fight on upon his knee.<\/p>\n
A gladiator counts it a disgrace to be matched with an
\ninferior; he knows that a victory devoid of danger is a
\nvictory devoid of glory.<\/p>\n
But the greater the torment, the greater the glory shall be.<\/p>\n
Prosperity can come to the vulgar and to ordinary talents,
\nbut to triumph over the disasters and terrors of mortal
\nlife is the privilege of the great man.<\/p>\n
No one can discover what he can do except by trying.<\/p>\n
Disaster is virtue’s opportunity. Those whom an excess
\nof prosperity has rendered sluggish may justly be called
\nunfortunate.<\/p>\n
All excesses are injurious, but immoderate prosperity is
\nthe most dangerous of all.<\/p>\n
By suffering misfortune the mind grows able to belittle suffering.<\/p>\n
Your good fortune is not to need good fortune.<\/p>\n
The life we receive is not short but we make it so.<\/p>\n
Procrastination is the greatest waste of time.<\/p>\n
Expectancy is the greatest impediment to living: in
\nanticipation of tomorrow it loses today.<\/p>\n
The present is fleeting. . . it ceases to be before it has become.<\/p>\n
The only people really at leisure are those who take
\ntime for philosophy. They alone really live.<\/p>\n
All virtues are fragile in the beginning and acquire
\ntoughness and stability in time.<\/p>\n
Less labor is needed when your concern is for the present.<\/p>\n
For however unadvertised virtue may be, it is never wholly
\nunknown but gives signs of its presence, and the worthy will
\ntrack it down.<\/p>\n
Nothing can equal the pleasure of faithful and congenial friendship.<\/p>\n
It is important to withdraw into one’s self.<\/p>\n
What is the happy life? Self-sufficiency and abiding tranquility.<\/p>\n
The good lies not in the thing but in the quality of selection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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