Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
MENANDERSilence is often advantageous.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.
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The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.
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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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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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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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Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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A man that runs away may fight again.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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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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He who labors diligently need never despair.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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