Why should he who is scared be careful?

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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Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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A man that runs away may fight again.
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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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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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Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.
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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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In many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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