Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
MENANDERAll men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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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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How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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Sleep is a healing balm for every ill.
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All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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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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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
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