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    There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been
    unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.
    [Lat., Nihil infelicius eo, cui nihil unquam evenit adversi, non
    licuit enim illi se experiri.]

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He went like one that hath been stunn'd,
And is of sense forlorn:
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He went like one that hath been stunn'd,
And is of sense forlorn:
A sadder and a wiser man,
He rose the morrow morn.

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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother

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We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.

We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.

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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.

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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.]

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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
[Lat., Quemcumque miserum videris, hominem scias.]

When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
[Lat., Quemcumque miserum videris, hominem scias.]

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There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate
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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!]

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The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of
misfortunes.
[Lat., Conscientia rectae voluntatis maxima consolatio est read more

The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of
misfortunes.
[Lat., Conscientia rectae voluntatis maxima consolatio est rerum
incommodarum.]

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Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

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