Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
MENANDERIn many things it is not well to say, “Know thyself”; it is better to say, “Know others.”
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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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No man alive can say, This shall not happen to me.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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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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Silence is often advantageous.
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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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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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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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Art is man’s refuge from adversity.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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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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A man that runs away may fight again.
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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