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People will ignore their misfortunes and their interests when they

People will ignore their misfortunes and their interests when they are in competition with their pleasures. – Proverb

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Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid. – Proverb

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It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within ones own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled. – Buddha

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Every individual is the architect of his own fortune. – Appius Claudius

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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. – Epicurus

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