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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
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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Fools Love Remember 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
Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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Coward Faint Fortune Luck
For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Kindness Price Return Yourself
You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Day Kind Type Yourself
Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Children Life Mom
A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Circumstance Important Pregnant
Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Best Light Live Thinking
Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Lying Sweet Unknown
All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Disgust Himself Leaving Nature Oneself
Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Conquer Evil Ignorance Tough
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Kindness One Liner
Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Alone Believe Empty Maintain Man Right Talk Thinking Yourself
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
None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Bad Love Messenger News

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