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Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it.
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Death is the great leveller.
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Quiet authority accomplishes what violence cannot, and that mandate compels more which comes from a commanding calm.
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Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
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Liberty begets license.
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What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew.
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Biting poverty and cruel Cupid are my foes. Hunger I can endure; love I cannot.
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Nor is heaven always at peace.
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Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy.
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Whoso causes terror is himself more fearful.
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They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall.
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In sleep, when fancy is let loose to play, Our dreams repeat the wishes of the day.
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Virtue hidden hath no value.
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The covetous man is always poor.
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