Better to suffer than to die.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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What God does, He does well.
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I bend but do not break.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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