Unhappiness

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When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they do not see how they can get rid of it. Nevertheless, both arrive; and the gods have ordered it so, in the end men seek it from the gods
Unhappiness does make people look stupid
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact
Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them
A man should always consider how much more unhappy he might be than he is
Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be beneficial
Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic
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