There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
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If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.
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Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.
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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
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To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself’s too late, the wise lived yesterday.
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.
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There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
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It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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Work divided is in that manner shortened.
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Too late is tomorrow’s life; live for today.
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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
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Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
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You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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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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I do not hate the man, but his vices.
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From no place can you exclude the fates.
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