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The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings.
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A man who deals in fairness with his own, he can make manifest justice in the state.
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Truth is always straightforward.
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Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.
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I was not born to share the hate, but love.
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Surely there never was so evil a thing as money, which maketh cities into ruinous heaps, and banisheth men from their houses, and turneth their thoughts from good unto evil.
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The end excuses any evil.
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Oh death, death, why do you never come to me thus summoned always day by day?
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Afterthought makes the first resolve a liar.
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Hope has often caused the love of gain to ruin men.
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Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.
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There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it.
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A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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No greater evil can a man endure Than a bad wife, nor find a greater good Than one both good and wise; and each man speaks As judging by the experience of his life.
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