The workman still is greater than his work.
MENANDERLet bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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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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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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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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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.
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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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Silence is often advantageous.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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