Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death’s delay.
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What we have been, or now are, we shall not be tomorrow.
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Time the devourer of all things.
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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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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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In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.
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I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.
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Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
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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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