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Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. ↗

— Tacitus

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#difficult #less #measure #misfortune #pleasure

There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny. ↗

— Tom Ford

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#candidates #charismatic #many #people #scrutiny

Notwithstanding this high Ecclesiastical authority, he who dared accept truth only because it could be proved, or proved to be good, and disregard authority, was commonly stigmatized as an infidel. ↗

— Ethan A. Hitchcock

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#authority #because #commonly #could #dared