A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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It’s right to learn, even from the enemy.
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I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
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If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death’s delay.
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What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
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It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock.
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Tears at times have the weight of speech.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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Every lover is a soldier.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
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