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Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker.
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When ice appears out of doors, and boys seize it up while it is solid, at first they experience new pleasures. But in the end their pride will not agree to let it go, but their acquisition is not good for them if it stays in their hands. In the same way an identical desire drives lovers to act and not to act.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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It is not righteousness to outrage.
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You see how when rivers are swollen in winter those trees that yield to the flood retain their branches, but those that offer resistance perish, trunk and all.
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Thou shalt not ration justice.
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To me no profitable speech sounds ill.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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To err is common to all mankind, but having erred he is no longer reckless nor unblest who haven fallen into evil seeks a cure, nor remains unmoved.
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To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
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Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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Henceforth ye may thieve with better knowledge whence lucre should be won, and learn that it is not well to love gain from every source. For thou wilt find that ill-gotten pelf brings more men to ruin than to weal.
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Nobody loves life like an old man.
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The stubbornest of wills Are soonest bended, as the hardest iron, O'er-heated in the fire to brittleness,Flies soonest into fragments, shivered through.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise.
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Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend.
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Think not that your word and yours alone must be right.
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When an oath is taken ... the mind is more attentive; for it guards against two things, the reproach of friends and offence against the gods.
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