People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.
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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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Habits change into character.
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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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You will go most safely by the middle way.
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Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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God himself helps those who dare.
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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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Tears at times have the weight of speech.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
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I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.
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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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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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Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never, never allows us to forget that we belong to it.
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My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
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The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
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Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.
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