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Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's.
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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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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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The man from whom the joys of life have departed is living no more, but should be counted with the dead.
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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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Knowledge must come through action.
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To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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When men have killed joy, I do not believe they still live.
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But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.
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But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings.
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Why should man fear since chance is all in all for him, and he can clearly foreknow nothing? Best to live lightly, as one can, unthinkingly.
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If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
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Even the stout of heart shrink when they see the approach of death.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Not to be born surpasses thought and speech. The second best is to have seen the light and then go back quickly whence we came.
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The gods love those of ordered soul.