At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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First appearance deceives many.
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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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It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock.
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Habits change into character.
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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.
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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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Tears at times have the weight of speech.
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My vengeance is my guilt.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.
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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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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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You will go most safely by the middle way.
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Nothing is stronger than habit.
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I can live neither with you, nor without you.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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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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In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
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Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
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Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.
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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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