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The bold adventurer succeeds the best.

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I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
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Sometimes tears carry the same weight as words.
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I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.
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Approve Desire Direction Follow Force Reason Strange Wrong
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
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Character Leisure People Reveal
Time the devourer of all things.
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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Broke Chain Happiness Hurt Let Ho Man Mind Worry
A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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Prince Punishment Quick Reward
All things change; nothing perishes.
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Change One Liner Perish
Everyone’s a millionaire where promises are concerned.
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Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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Crown Gain Opponent Victory
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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Return Time Waves
There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
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Cloak Enter Friendship Love Name One Liner
You will go most safely by the middle way.
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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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Anger Beast Fair Peace

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