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It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock.

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Sometimes tears carry the same weight as words.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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Deed Human Nature Reward Value
In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.
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Count Hands Human Being Intelligence Strength
Fortune and love favor the brave.
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Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.
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By yielding you may obtain victory.
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One Liner Victory Yield
There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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Alcohol Nap Refresh Stimulation
Habits change into character.
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Character Deep Habit One Liner
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
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.
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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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I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
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Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.
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He who can believe himself well, will be well.
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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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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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It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock.

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