My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTESMake it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world
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When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?
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Lovers are commonly industrious to make themselves uneasy.
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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world
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There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.
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Every man is the son of his own works.
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Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
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Let every man mind his own business.
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One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are.
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Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
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Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
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The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.
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For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.
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Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.
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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
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I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.
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