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The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.

— Livy

Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniæ vel frugalitatis.

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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.

In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.

Nothing stings more deeply than the loss of money.

The best known evil is the most tolerable.

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