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Aristotle's pupil already realized that we have no power at all over our passions as long as we do not know their true causes. Many men have refuted fear, and with sound arguments. But a man who is afraid does not listen to arguments; he listens to the beating of his heart and the pulsating of his blood.

— Émile Chartier Propos sur le bonheur [On Happiness (1928)

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Happiness is a reward that comes to those that have not looked for it.

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Never be insolent unless it is a deliberate decision, and only toward a man more powerful than yourself.

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