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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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God Himself Love Rule Stand Wisdom
Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Chance Help Opportunity
But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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Darkness Destiny Escape Power Wealth
The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Children One Liner Pride
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Acceptance Friendship Oneself Possession
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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Fools Love Remember Yourself
He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Friendship Himself Life Throw
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Greatness Grief Ourselves
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Call Cry Milk Past Proverb
All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Cure Evil Man Wrong
Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Lying Sweet Unknown
Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Fortune Hard Work Lazy
Despair often breeds disease.
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Born Despair Sick
Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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Death Evil Live Myself Source
Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Money Moral World
Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Action Teaching Ugly

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

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