A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
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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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Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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Time is generally the best doctor.
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Everyone’s a millionaire where promises are concerned.
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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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It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
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God himself helps those who dare.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
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