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Do not try to find out - we're forbidden to know - what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.

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Humble things become the humble.
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Busy idleness urges us on. [Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]
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What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.
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The covetous person is full of fear and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave.
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Lighten grief with hopes of a brighter morrow Temper joy, in fear of a change of fortune.
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