A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1732
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Every man takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851It would be madness, and inconsistency, to suppose that things which have never yet been performed can be performed without employing some hitherto untried means.
—Francis Bacon, 1620Fate leads the willing and drags along those who hang back.
—Cleanthes, c. 250 BCLittle folks become their little fate.
—Horace, c. 20 BC