I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
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If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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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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Death is less bitter punishment than death’s delay.
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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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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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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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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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He who can believe himself well, will be well.
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If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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It’s a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.
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We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.
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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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