A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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First appearance deceives many.
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He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.
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He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.
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I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.
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Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.
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Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
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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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The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
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There is a certain pleasure in weeping.
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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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My vengeance is my guilt.
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Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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Everyone’s a millionaire where promises are concerned.
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Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.
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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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God himself helps those who dare.
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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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We believe slowly when belief brings pain.
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I can live neither with you, nor without you.
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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.
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Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.
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