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Do not say, "I have enough, and what harm can come to me now?"
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In the day of prosperity, adversity is forgotten, and in the day of adversity, prosperity is not remembered.
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For it is easy for the Lord on the day of death to reward individuals according to their conduct.
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An hour's misery makes one forget past delights, and at the close of one's life one's deeds are revealed.
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Call no one happy before his death; by how he ends, a person becomes known.
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