"Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame."
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"There seems to be some pleasure for women in sick talk of one another."
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"There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair."
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"Every man is like the company he wont to keep."
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"The man that isn't jolly after drinking is just a drivelling idiot, to my thinking."
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"Many a maiden, With white feet glancing light as air, Made happy music through the gloom."
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"Life is short, yet sweet."
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"It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk."
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"Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force."
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"Common sense is the best prophet."
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"It's folly that women measure their happiness with the pleasures of the bed, but they do. And when the pleasure cools or their man goes missing, all they once lived for turns dark and hateful."
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"Let my heart be wise. It is the gods' best gift."
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"The man who sticks it out against his fate shows spirit, but the spirit of a fool."
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"He was a wise man who originated the idea of God."
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"Song brings of itself a cheerfulness that wakes the heart of joy."
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"This is sweet to see your foe, perish and pay to justice all he owes."
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"Those who are held Wise among men and who search the reasons of things, are those who bring the most sorrow on themselves."
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"The stillest tongue can be the truest friend."
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"What greater pain could mortals have than this: To see their children dead before their eyes?"
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"I care for riches, to make gifts."
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