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Opportunity has power over all things.

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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
Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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Count Death Empty Happiness Hope Live Man Myself Worth
Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Greatness Missing Yourself
Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Hard Work Remember Success
A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Fear Hear Man
Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Best Captain Opportunity
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Destroy Drive Himself Mad
Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Blind Man See
Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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Corruption Currency Kind Man Mindset Money Worst Worth
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
When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Myself Talk Understand
I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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Desire Myself Reality Suffering
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Dignity Kind Learning Loss Man Opinion Pronounce Right Thinking Word
Without labor nothing prospers.
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Labor Prosperity
Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Expose Hide Reality Time
Opportunity has power over all things.
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One Liner Opportunity Power

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