Though God alone never tastes woe, Yet that man is happy, and poets sing of him, Who conquers with hand or swift foot And wins the greatest of prizes By steadfastness and strength.

There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.
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The noblest of the elements is water.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.
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My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.
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For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.
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The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
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A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.
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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.
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Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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