Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death’s delay.
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He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.
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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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Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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Love is the force that leaves you colorless.
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Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
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We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.
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Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.
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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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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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He who can believe himself well, will be well.
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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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All things change; nothing perishes.
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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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Little things please little minds.
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