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.
MENANDERNo just person ever became quickly rich.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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A man that runs away may fight again.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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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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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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Whom the gods love dies young.
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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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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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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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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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