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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

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Every lover is a soldier.
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Lover One Liner Soldier
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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Approve Desire Direction Follow Force Reason Strange Wrong
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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Return Time Waves
The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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Bright Burn Clean Lamp Wicked
Time the devourer of all things.
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Devourer One Liner Timer
The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
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Cause Effect Hide Visible
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
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Hope Realized
Time is generally the best doctor.
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Doctor One Liner Time
Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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Anger Beast Fair Peace
It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock.
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Count Man Poor
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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Birthday Dust Grains Youth
First appearance deceives many.
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Appearance Business Deceive
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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Creature God Love Planet Venus Young
What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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Live Love She Sleep Woman
In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.
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Count Hands Human Being Intelligence Strength
In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
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