The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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Not knowing what he sees, he adores the sight; That false face fools and fuels his delight.
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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.
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My vengeance is my guilt.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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By yielding you may obtain victory.
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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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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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We believe slowly when belief brings pain.
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Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
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In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.
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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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