There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
MENANDERIn many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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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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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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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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No 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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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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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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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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