Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.
MENANDERThere is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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He who labors diligently need never despair.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
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It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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