He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.
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He who can believe himself well, will be well.
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You will go most safely by the middle way.
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Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
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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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He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.
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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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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.
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Every lover is a soldier.
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Enhance and intensify one’s vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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It’s right to learn, even from the enemy.
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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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Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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