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No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.
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One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
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The wisest men follow their own direction.
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Fortune always will confer an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world The lucky person passes for a genius.
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The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.
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Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.
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Too much zeal offends where indirection works.
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There is no bitterness to be compared with that between two people who once loved.
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My hands are clean, but my heart has somewhat of impurity.
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Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is not wise for himself]
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Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.
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A wise fellow who is also worthless always charms the rabble.
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Since luck's a nine days' wonder, wait their end.
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The man that isn't jolly after drinking is just a drivelling idiot, to my thinking.
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Pay special attention to their agony so I might take some pleasure.
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There is something in the pang of change more than the heart can bear, unhappiness remembering happiness.
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The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.
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Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
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Women's love is for their men, not for their children.
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Who then will dare to say I'm weak or timid? No, they'll say I'm loyal as a friend, ruthless as a foe, so much like a hero destined for glory.
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Virtue proceeds through effort.
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The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.
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Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad.
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I envy that man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown.
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