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To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.
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One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.
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There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.
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Reason is God's crowning gift to man.
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Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.
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In a just cause it is right to be confident.
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Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.
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Even the bold will fly when they see Death drawing in close enough to end their life.
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Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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Children are the anchors of a mother's life.
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There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
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To err from the right path is common to mankind.
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It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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