Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?
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Nothing is stronger than habit.
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It’s right to learn, even from the enemy.
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Everyone’s a millionaire where promises are concerned.
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It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
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My vengeance is my guilt.
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.
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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
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Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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