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How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.

Menander

The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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Shoulder Wisdom Young
The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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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
Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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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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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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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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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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Chance God Kind Observation Preserve
There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
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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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Better Knowledge Known
No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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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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