So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune. Book IV
However, nothing turned out as Tchitchikoff had intended. Dead Souls
“Some for the Glories of This World; and some / Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come; / Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, / Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!” Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith. Book IV
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