One genius has made many clever artists.
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This I ask, is it not madness to kill thyself in order to escape death?
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One genius has made many clever artists.
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.
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You are so pure in mind and heart, In aspect, too, so mild, I wonder that you ever could Implant your wife with child.
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Wine and women bring misery.
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He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
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A novice always behaves with propriety.
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Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
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Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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