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Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.

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Oh death, death, why do you never come to me thus summoned always day by day?
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I was not born to share the hate, but love.
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There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
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Evil counsel travels fast.
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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother my sisters are the Seasons my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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Let a man nobly live or nobly die.
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I was born to join in love, not hate - that is my nature.
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If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
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When ice appears out of doors, and boys seize it up while it is solid, at first they experience new pleasures. But in the end their pride will not agree to let it go, but their acquisition is not good for them if it stays in their hands. In the same way an identical desire drives lovers to act and not to act.
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Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now.
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What is to be taught I learn what is to be discovered I seek what is to be prayed for I sought from the gods.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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