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If a man rejoice not in his drinking, he is mad; for in drinking it's possible ... to fondle breasts, and to caress well tended locks, and there is dancing withal, and oblivion of woe.
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A wretched child Is he who does not return his parents' care.
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If god is truly god, he is perfect, lacking nothing.
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The man who glories in his luck may be overthrown by destiny.
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The best of seers is he who guesses well.
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God helps him who strives hard.
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A man who has been in danger, When he comes out of it forgets his fears, And sometimes he forgets his promises.
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What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.
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For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never.
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The little done doth vanish to the mind which forward sees how much remains to do.
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We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.
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In my opinion, the unjust man whose tongue is full of glozing rhetoric, merits the heaviest punishment; vaunting that he can with his tongue gloze over injustice, he dares to act wickedly, yet he is not over-wise.
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Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.
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What else goes wrong for a woman-except her marriage?
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If all men saw the fair and wise the same men would not have debaters' double strife.
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Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.
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Sufficiency's enough for men of sense.
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Had I succeeded well, I had been reckoned amongst the wise; our minds are so disposed to judge from the event.
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Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.
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Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.
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Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!
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Oh, what a power is motherhood, possessing a potent spell. Love, Light, Blessings.
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Oh, what a vileness human beauty is; corroding, corrupting everything it touches.
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I sacrifice to no god save myself - And to my belly, greatest of deities.