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• Nothing befalls a man except what is in his nature to endure. -- Marcus Aureliu
• T]he earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth.
  This we know. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family....
• A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those that are worth committing.
  -- Samuel Butle...
• Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is no
  a sense of humor to console him for what he is. -- Francis Baco...
• But if a man happens to find himself ... he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.
• If a man is happy in his work, exerting himself to the full extent of his capabilities, and enjoying it, I'd say he's a success.
  -- William Romai...