If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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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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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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