If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men’s troubles and that will comfort you.

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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Advantage One Liner Silence
Nothing is more useful than silence.
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One Liner Silence
Whom the gods love dies young.
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Death God Love Young
Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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Person Quick Rich
Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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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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How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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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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Better Knowledge Known
The workman still is greater than his work.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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Shoulder Wisdom Young
Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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