The good man makes others good.
MENANDERBy associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.
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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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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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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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All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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Why should he who is scared be careful?
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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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