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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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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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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.
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Truth is always straightforward.
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Afterthought makes the first resolve a liar.
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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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Nobly to live, or else nobly to die,Befits proud birth.
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Reason is God's crowning gift to man.
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Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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An enemy's gift is ruinous and no gift.
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As they say of the blind, Sounds are the things I see.
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Many the wonders but nothing walks stranger than man.
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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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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
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Hope has often caused the love of gain to ruin men.
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Not even Ares battles against necessity.
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I was not born to share the hate, but love.
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Let be the future: mind the present need and leave the rest to whom the rest concerns ... present tasks claim our care: the ordering of the future rests where it should rest.
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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 fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool's part.
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There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.