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Love, you mock us for your sport.

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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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God Himself Life Live
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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Excellence Hands Man Opinion Pervert
One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Freedom Love Oneself Pain Weight Word
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Man Oneself State
Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Favor Gratitude
Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Money Moral World
But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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Darkness Destiny Escape Power Wealth
Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Greatness Missing Yourself
A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Fear Hear Man
There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Advice Bad Hate
Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Conquer Evil Ignorance Tough
Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Greatness Hands Opinion Power
The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Happiest Joy Thinking
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Goodness Ignore Judgment Lost Man
Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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One Liner Remember Reward Success
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

Love, you mock us for your sport.

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