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

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The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. – Aesop

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Ones best fortune, or, their worst is their spouse. – 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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Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away. – Charles V

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