Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
MENANDERFortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature’s way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.
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The good man makes others good.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
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In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.
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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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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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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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A man that runs away may fight again.
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Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature’s way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.
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He who labors diligently need never despair.
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It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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