As an enemy is made more fierce by our flight, so pain grows proud to see us truckle under it; she will surrender upon much better terms to those who make head against us. Essays
Disturbance comes only from within—from our own perceptions. Book IV
The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done. Le Pere Goriot
If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others? Candide
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