All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
MENANDERNever ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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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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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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Nothing has happened to you unless you make much of it.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
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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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The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is 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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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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