Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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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Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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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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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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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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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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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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Silence is often advantageous.
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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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Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
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Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.
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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
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