There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
MENANDERConscience is a God to all mortals.
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A man that runs away may fight again.
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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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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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In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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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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Silence is often advantageous.
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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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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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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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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 not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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