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Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above read more
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
 I never knew any many in my life, who could not bear another's 
misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.  
 I never knew any many in my life, who could not bear another's 
misfortunes perfectly like a Christian. 
Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.
Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.
 Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen,
 Fallen from his high estate,
  And welt'ring in his blood;
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 Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen,
 Fallen from his high estate,
  And welt'ring in his blood;
   Deserted at his utmost need,
    By those his former bounty fed;
     On the bare earth expos'd he lies,
      With not a friend to close his eyes. 
 I was a stricken deer that left the herd
 Long since.  
 I was a stricken deer that left the herd
 Long since. 
 There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate 
misfortunes. What madness it is in your expecting evil read more 
 There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate 
misfortunes. What madness it is in your expecting evil before it 
arrives!
 [Lat., Nil est nec miserius nec stultius quam praetimere. Quae 
ista dementia est, malum suum antecedere!] 
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all read more
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some
 When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.
 [Lat., Quando la mala ventura se duerme, nadie la despierte.]  
 When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.
 [Lat., Quando la mala ventura se duerme, nadie la despierte.] 
 Whoever has fallen from his former high estate is in his calamity 
the scorn even of the base.
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 Whoever has fallen from his former high estate is in his calamity 
the scorn even of the base.
 [Lat., Quicumque amisit dignitatem pristinam
  Ignavis etiam jocus est in casu gravi.]