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Nobly to live, or else nobly to die,Befits proud birth.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Kindness it is that brings forth kindness always.
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The sleep of a sick man has keen eyes. It is a sleep unsleeping.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death--what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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To throw awayan honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.
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I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.
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Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.
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Not even Ares battles against necessity.
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Many the wonders but nothing walks stranger than man.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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As they say of the blind, Sounds are the things I see.
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To him who is afraid, everything rustles.
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To women silence gives their proper grace.
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