Disgrace

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Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others
The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice
Calamity is virtue's opportunity
Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays