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Nobody loves life like an old man.

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Sophocles
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What men have seen they know. . . .
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Sleep, thou patron of mankind, Great physician of the mind Who does nor pain nor sorrow know, Sweetest balm of every woe.
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Men's minds are given to change in hate and friendship.
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Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.
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There is a time when even justice brings harm.
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Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Henceforth ye may thieve with better knowledge whence lucre should be won, and learn that it is not well to love gain from every source. For thou wilt find that ill-gotten pelf brings more men to ruin than to weal.
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Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?
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Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.
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It is best to live anyhow, as one may do not be afraid of marriage with your mother! Many have lain with their mothers in dreams too. It is he to whom such things are nothing who puts up with life best.
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Be a thrifty steward of thy goods.
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What men have seen they know But what shall come hereafter No man before the event can see, Nor what end waits for him.
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Ah, race of mortal men, How as a thing of nought I count ye, though ye live For who is there of men That more of blessing knows, Than just a little while To seem to prosper well, And, having seemed, to fall?
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Time is a kindly God.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it.
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