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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.

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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Who seeks shall find.
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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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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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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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