We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
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Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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Every lover is a soldier.
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If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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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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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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Little things please little minds.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
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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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