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Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.
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Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.
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Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.
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Men whose wit has been mother of villainy once have learned from it to be evil in all things.
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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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And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly.
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For every nation that lives peaceably, there will be many others to grow hard and push their arrogance to extremes; the gods attend to these things slowly. But they attend to those who put off God and turn to madness.
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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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It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.
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Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Heaven never helps the man who will not help himself.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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If I am young, then you should look not to age but to deeds.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Rash indeed is he who reckons on tomorrow, or happily on the days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.
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Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?
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What is to be taught I learn; what is to be discovered I seek; what is to be prayed for I sought from the gods.
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Silence is an ornament for women.
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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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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.