Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
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What we have been, or now are, we shall not be tomorrow.
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Habits change into character.
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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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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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If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.
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Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.
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I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.
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Even as a cow she was lovely.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death’s delay.
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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