Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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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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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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The sign brings customers.
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