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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.

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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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Darkness Destiny Escape Power Wealth
Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Coward Fortune
A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Act Fear Feeling Man Word
No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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Nature Noble Speech Stain
Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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God Himself Life Live
Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Money Moral World
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Dignity Kind Learning Loss Man Opinion Pronounce Right Thinking Word
The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Happiest Joy Thinking
If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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Help Luck Need Oneself
There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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Excellence Hands Man Opinion Pervert
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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Beautiful Enjoyment Happiness Misery Person Talk Ugly Wealth
None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Bad Love Messenger News
Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Expose Hide Reality Time
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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Aware Dangerous Live Trouble Watch Yourself
If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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Cure Evil Fate Pain Try Yourself

And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.

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