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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.

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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
Knowledge must come through action.
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Action Knowledge
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
Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Cure Day Future Mindset
Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Best Captain Opportunity
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Darkness Horror Myself
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
What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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Fake Friendship Greatness Wound
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Justice Mistake Security
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Blame Fate Fortune Worst
Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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Beautiful Enjoyment Happiness Misery Person Talk Ugly Wealth
A lie never lives to be old.
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Live Lying Old One Liner
Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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God Himself Life Live
It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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Hope Kind Maintain Man
Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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Coward Faint Fortune Luck
All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Disgust Himself Leaving Nature Oneself

A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.

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