In the case of most pains let this remark of Epicurus aid thee, that the pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting, if thou bear in mind that it has its limits, and if thou addest nothing to it in imagination... Book VII
A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse. Don Quixote
The union of opposites, in so far as they are really complementary, always results in the most perfect harmony; and the seemingly incongruous is often the most natural. Beware of Pity
On the whole, more men had perhaps escaped into the war than from it. Beware of Pity
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