Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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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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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.
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It’s a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.
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Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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God himself helps those who dare.
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All things change; nothing perishes.
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Even as a cow she was lovely.
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Everyone’s a millionaire where promises are concerned.
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I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.
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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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First appearance deceives many.
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