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By constant dripping, water hollows stone, A signet-ring from use alone grows thin, And the curved plowshare by soft earth is worn.
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Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.
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If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal.
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To be silent is but a small virtue but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets.
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Calumny ever pursues the great, even as the winds hurl themselves on high places.
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A pleasing countenance is no light advantage.
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Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.
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That tuneful nymph, the babbling Echo.
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The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.
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There is no brotherhood between love and dignity, Nor can they share the same abode.
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I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.
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Man's last day must ever be awaited and none to be counted happy until his death, until his last funeral rites are paid.
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First try all other means, but if the wound Heal not, then use the knife, lest to the clean From the diseased the canker spread.
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She that weds well will wisely match her love, Nor be below her husband nor above.
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Deadly poisons are concealed under sweet honey.
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The dove, O hawk, that has once been wounded by thy talons, is frightened by the least movement of a wing. [Lat., Terretur minimo pennae stridore columba Unguibus, accipiter, saucia facta tuis.]
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Gutta cavat lapidem. (Dripping water carves a stone.)
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There is some joy in weeping. For our tears Fill up the cup, then wash our pain away.
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways.
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