"What greater grief than the loss of one's native land."
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"Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven."
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"Action achieves more than words."
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"Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is not wise for himself]"
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"The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought."
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"Again, a smooth answer, signifying nothing."
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"I think it makes small difference to the dead, if they are buried in the tokens of luxury. All that is an empty glorification left for those who live."
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"Wine is a terrible foe, hard to wrestle with."
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"The best prophet is common sense, our native wit."
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"Impudence is the worst of all human diseases."
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"Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest."
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"The variety of all things forms a pleasure."
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"Good and bad may not be dissevered; There is, as there should be, a commingling."
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"Prosperity is full of friends."
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"Your very silence shows you agree."
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"Men hate the haughty of heart who will not be the friend of every man."
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"Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err."
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"To generous souls every task is noble."
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"I hate it in friends when they come too late to help."
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"Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?"
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