"He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave."
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"I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]"
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"Unraveling the web of Penelope."
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"Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment."
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"Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act."
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"The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others."
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"The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless."
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"For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others."
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"Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered."
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"In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred."
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"A youth of sensuality and intemperance delivers over to old age a worn-out body."
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"Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed ."
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"We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her."
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"It is the soul itself which sees and hears, and not those parts which are, as it were, but windows to the soul."
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"The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him."
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"What fervent love of herself would Virtue excite if she could be seen!"
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"Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings: Live so, my Love, that when death shall come, Swan-like and sweet it may waft thee home."
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"Reason is the mistress and queen of all things. [Lat., Domina omnium et regina ratio.]"
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"Life without learning is death."
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"Reason should direct, and appetite obey."
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