If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men’s troubles and that will comfort you.

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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Hairs White Wisdom
It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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Shoulder Wisdom Young
He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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The good man makes others good.
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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
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Known Man Refuge Smile
Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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Courage Endurance God Life
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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He who labors diligently need never despair.
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