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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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You would rouse to anger a heart of stone.
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All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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The eyes of men love to pluck the blossoms from the faded flowers they turn away.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good.
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The wise form right judgment of the present from what is past.
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You should not consider a man's age but his acts.
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Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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Great Time makes all things dim.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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A cunning fellow is man, inventive beyond all expectation, he reaches sometimes evil and sometimes good.
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Whoever has a keen eye for profits, is blind in relation to his craft.
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Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver.
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Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.
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Astronomy? Impossible to understand and madness to investigate.
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It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.
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If I am young, then you should look not to age but to deeds.
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Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?
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Man's worst ill is stubbornness of heart.
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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What men have seen they know; But what shall come hereafter No man before the event can see, Nor what end waits for him.
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There are times when even justice brings harm with it.
Sophocles