A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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There is a certain pleasure in weeping.
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Little things please little minds.
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Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
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Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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It’s right to learn, even from the enemy.
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Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.
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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.
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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
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My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
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Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
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It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
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If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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All things change; nothing perishes.
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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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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
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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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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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