Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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What is deferred is not avoided.
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You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
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They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also of a certain strife and contention . . . concerning the trimming, husbanding, and furnishing of their gardens; everye man or his owne parte.
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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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Friendship demands attention.
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Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
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Rose! Thou art the sweetest flower that ever drank the amber shower: Even the Gods, who walk the sky, are amourous of thy scented sigh.
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Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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I should only ever tell the king what he ought to do, not what he could do. For if the lion knows his own strength, no man could control him.
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Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.
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They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.
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The state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might trust or whom he might fear.
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It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.
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Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich – for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?
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