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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Act Eyes Fools Thinking
All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Cure Evil Man Wrong
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Lying Ruin Sorry True
Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Greatness Hands Opinion Power
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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Aware Dangerous Live Trouble Watch Yourself
Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Favor Gratitude
Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Conquer Evil Ignorance Tough
You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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Ideas Kill Man Yourself
What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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Fake Friendship Greatness Wound
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Strong Weakness
It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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Better Grace Live
I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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Children Fortune Goodness Myself Rise Season Shame
Knowledge must come through action.
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Action Knowledge
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
No honest man will argue on every side.
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Argument Honesty Man Side
The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Inscription Myself Promise Water Woman

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