Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
MENANDERIf 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.
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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
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How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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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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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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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.
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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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The good man makes others good.
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He who labors diligently need never despair.
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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature’s way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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A man that runs away may fight again.
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Whom the gods love dies young.
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.
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In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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