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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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First appearance deceives many.
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There is a certain pleasure in weeping.
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Cry One Liner Pain Please Pleasure Weep
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
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Tears at times have the weight of speech.
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Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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Calm Experience Man Sea
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
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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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Sometimes tears carry the same weight as words.
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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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Venus is kind to creatures as young as we; We know not what we do, and while we’re young We have the right to live and love like gods.
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Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
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People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
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All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.
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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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