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Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
 In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will 
reap the advantage of it.  
 In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will 
reap the advantage of it. 
 Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
 And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.  
 Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
 And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform. 
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
Good is god, but better carries it.
Good is god, but better carries it.
 The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike 
the melancholy.  
 The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike 
the melancholy.