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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.
- Nov 07, 2020
Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
- Nov 07, 2020
We are free to yield to truth.
- Bold
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- Nov 07, 2020
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
- Innocent
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- Nov 07, 2020
He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I teach that all men are mad.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
- Happen
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- Nov 07, 2020
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.
- Nov 07, 2020
Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every old poem is sacred.
- Poets
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poets wish to profit or to please.
- Mad
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- Nov 07, 2020
The man is either mad, or he is making verses.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Make a good use of the present.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
- Minds
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- Nov 07, 2020
The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.
- Books
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
- Increase
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- Nov 07, 2020
Labor diligently to increase your property.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fidelity is the sister of justice.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
- Brief
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.
- Heavier
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- Nov 07, 2020
The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
- Injustice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
- Last
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- Nov 07, 2020
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
- Flies
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- Nov 07, 2020
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
- Lawyers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.
- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
In adversity remember to keep an even mind.
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
- Golden
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
- Once
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- Nov 07, 2020
A word once uttered can never be recalled.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.
- Circumstances
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- Nov 07, 2020
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.
- Concise
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- Nov 07, 2020
In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
- Public
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pen is the tongue of the mind.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.
- Mistress
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- Nov 07, 2020
Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.
- Nov 07, 2020
Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.
- Motivational
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't think, just do.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.
- Nov 07, 2020
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leave the rest to the gods.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
- Moving On
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
- Door
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.
- Imitators
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- Nov 07, 2020
O imitators, you slavish herd!
- Happy Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are just statistics, born to consume resources.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
- Nov 07, 2020
Whatever advice you give, be short.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
- Madness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anger is a short madness.
- Largely
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life is largely a matter of expectation.
- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020