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The stubbornest of wills Are soonest bended, as the hardest iron, O'er-heated in the fire to brittleness,Flies soonest into fragments, shivered through.
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Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Silence gives the proper grace to women
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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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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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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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Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.
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For every nation that lives peaceably, there will be many others to grow hard and push their arrogance to extremes the gods attend to these things slowly. But they attend to those who put off God and turn to madness.
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A broad-backed ox can be driven straight on his road even by a small goad.
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What men have seen they know. . . .
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Not even Ares battles against necessity.
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Be a thrifty steward of thy goods.
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If I am young, then you should look not to age but to deeds.
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Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
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A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.
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There are times when even justice brings harm with it.
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Better to die, and sleep The never-waking sleep, than linger on And dare to live when the soul's life is gone.
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I was born to join in love, not hate - that is my nature.
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