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Life, if well lived, is long enough.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
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Time discovers truth.
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We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
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The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
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Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
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There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.
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Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.
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Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.
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The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
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The wish for healing has always been half of health.
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Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.
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To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
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It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores.
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A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
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It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
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