"For the mighty, even to give away is grace."
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"Bonds and the pangs of hunger are excellent prophet doctors for the wits."
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"Ye waves That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe Your crisped smiles."
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"Old age hath stronger sense of right than youth."
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". . . it is yours women's to be silent and stay within doors."
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"This is a sickness rooted and inherent in the nature of a tyranny: that he that holds it does not trust his friends."
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"It's a man's jobno place for women's plans here!what lies outside. Stay home and cause no trouble."
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"But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity."
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"Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further."
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"Black smoke, the flickering sister of fire."
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"When a match has equal partners then I fear not."
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"It is like a woman indeed To take rapture before the fact is shown for true. They believe too easily, are too quick to shift From ground to ground; and swift indeed The rumor voiced by a woman dies again."
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"There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually."
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"They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn"
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"Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?"
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"To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals."
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"The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen."
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"Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy."
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"And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin."
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"With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten."
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