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As therefore the shoe is shaped by the foot, and not the foot by the shoe, so does the disposition make the life similar to itself.
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the foolish overlook and neglect present blessings, through their thoughts being ever intent on the future; but the wise make the past clearly present to them through memory
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as the strings of the bow and lyre are alternately tightened and relaxed, so is it with the order of the world; in human affairs there is nothing pure and without alloy