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» The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

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» A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, ''Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?'' holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. ''Yet,'' added he, ''none of you can tell where it pinches me.

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» The wildest colts make the best horses.

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» When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, ''Action, Action, Action.''

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» Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

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» Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

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» Character is simply habit long continued.

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» Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.

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» It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

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» They named it Ovation from the Latin ovis [A Sheep].

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