"Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others."
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"None is so perfect that he does not need at times the advice of others."
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"Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding; better those who push forward, who employ their enterprise, who on the wings of their worth and valor seek to embrace luck, and to effectively gain her favor."
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"The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious."
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"Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies."
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"There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill."
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"Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone."
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"Surfeits of happiness are fatal."
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"I strive to be brief, and I become obscure."
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"Trust your heart, especially when it is a strong one."
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"The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends ."
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"Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art."
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"The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated."
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"Work is the price which is paid for reputation."
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"Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains."
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"The crutch of Time accomplishes more than the club of Hercules."
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"Even monarchs have need of authors, and fear their pens more than ugly women the painter's pencil."
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"Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already."
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"There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous, unless saved by art."
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"Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance."
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