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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.

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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Darkness Horror Myself
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Himself Luck Player Wisdom
You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Day Kind Type Yourself
Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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Day Honesty Oneself Space Test Time
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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Crime Goodness Himself Man Mistake Pride
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Goodness Ignore Judgment Lost Man
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Failure Goodness Himself Man Wisdom
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Destroy Drive Himself Mad
A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Act Fear Feeling Man Word
Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Expose Hide Reality Time
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Strong Weakness
There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Advice Bad Hate
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
Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Funny Love Sport Yourself
Always desire to learn something useful.
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Desire Knowledge Learning
What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Command Enforcement Yourself

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