In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.
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My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.
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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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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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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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He who can believe himself well, will be well.
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The burden which is well borne becomes light.
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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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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
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By yielding you may obtain victory.
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We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.
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Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
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I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.
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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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My vengeance is my guilt.
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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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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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Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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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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I can live neither with you, nor without you.
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It’s right to learn, even from the enemy.
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All things change; nothing perishes.
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Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.
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