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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.

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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
You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Friendship Victory Win Yourself
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
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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Heart Spirit Thinking Wisdom Word
Opportunity has power over all things.
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One Liner Opportunity Power
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Blame Fate Fortune Worst
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Action Talk Terrible Wrong
You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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Ideas Kill Man Yourself
Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Action Fancy Knowledge Test Trial Yourself
No honest man will argue on every side.
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Argument Honesty Man Side
You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Freedom Life Live Pain Remember Suffering
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Cry God Hands Mourn
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Justice Mistake Security
You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Act Age Himself Man
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
Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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Beautiful Enjoyment Happiness Misery Person Talk Ugly Wealth

Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.

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