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

Nothing is more useful than silence.
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One Liner Silence
Whom the gods love dies young.
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Death God Love Young
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
No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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The good man makes others good.
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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
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People Willing Wisdom Yourself
Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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Person Quick Rich
Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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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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Advantage One Liner Silence
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

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