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It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.
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Most of us are afraid of mortification of the body, and would contrive all means to avoid such a thing, but we care not about the soul’s mortification.
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Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man.
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Will you not go back, and you will see clearer when you have laid aside fear?
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Bring now, O Zeus, any difficulty that thou pleasest, for I have means given to me by thee and powers for honoring myself through the things which happen.
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See that you do nothing like a sheep; but if you do, in this case also the man is lost.