At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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Calm Experience Man Sea
I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.
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Chase Curiosity
Love is the force that leaves you colorless.
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Colorless Deep Force Leave Love One Liner
The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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Bright Burn Clean Lamp Wicked
We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.
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Acceptance Strange
Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
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Material Surpass Work
People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
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Claim Confidence Magnitude People
I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.
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Fear Man Sea
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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Deed Human Nature Reward Value
Habits change into character.
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Character Deep Habit One Liner
Love is a kind of warfare.
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Kind Love One Liner Warfare
Beauty is a fragile gift.
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Beauty Fragile Gift One Liner
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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Anxiety Pleasure Pure
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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Complain Husband Love
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
And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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Fear Lover One Liner

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