Why should he who is scared be careful?
MENANDERWe live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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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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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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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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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
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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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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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A man that runs away may fight again.
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By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
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He who labors diligently need never despair.
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