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What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.

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Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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Not knowing what he sees, he adores the sight; That false face fools and fuels his delight.
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I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never, never allows us to forget that we belong to it.
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.
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Venus is kind to creatures as young as we; We know not what we do, and while we’re young We have the right to live and love like gods.
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If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
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Time the devourer of all things.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
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You will go most safely by the middle way.
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In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.
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He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.
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The burden which is well borne becomes light.
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I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.
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