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The gifts of bad men bring no good with them.
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Mankind led on by gods err all too easily.
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Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.
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Again, a smooth answer, signifying nothing.
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Woman is woman's natural ally.
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Venus, thy eternal sway All the race of men obey. Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis. He is not a lover who does not love for ever.
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In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
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This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.
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None wise dares hopeless venture.
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A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
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Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.
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God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.
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This is sweet to see your foe, perish and pay to justice all he owes.
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A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.
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Neither earth nor ocean produces a creature as savage and monstrous as woman.
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No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will.
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Why do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?
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For the good, when praised, feel something of disgust, if to excess commended.
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A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.
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When someone isn't seen for a long time, Well, folk soon begin to imagine the worst.
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I care for riches, to make gifts To friends, or lead a sick man back to health With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth For daily gladness; once a man be done With hunger, rich and poor are all as one.
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In adverse hours the friendship of the good shines most; each prosperous day commands its friends.
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Doth some one say that there be gods above? There are not; no, there are not. Let no fool, Led by the old false fable, thus deceive you. Look at the facts themselves, yielding my words, No undue credence: for I say that kings kill, rob, break oaths, lay cities waste by fraud, And doing thus are happier than those, Who live calm pious lives day after day. All divinity is built-up from our good and evil luck.
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In life, the worst disasters come from passion.
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