Silence is often advantageous.
MENANDERThere is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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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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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
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A man that runs away may fight again.
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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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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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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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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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Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
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He who labors diligently need never despair.
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Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.
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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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