The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Silence is often advantageous.
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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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The good man makes others good.
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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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Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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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.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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