Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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A man that runs away may fight again.
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Coward Fight Man Run
Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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Whom the gods love dies young.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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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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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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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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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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