The happiest life is to be without thought.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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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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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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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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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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