"Let every man practise the trade which he best understands."
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"There is nothing god cannot do."
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"Time is the herald of truth."
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"It is our own evil thoughts which madden us."
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"The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied."
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"We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth."
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"An ancient custom obtains force of nature."
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"Friendship is not to be sought for its wages, but because its revenue consists entirely in the love which it implies."
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"We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink."
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"I depart from life as from an inn, and not as from my home. [Lat., Ex vita discedo, tanquam ex hospitio, non tanquam ex domo.]"
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"A wise man does nothing by constraint."
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"The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion."
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"If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third."
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"Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly."
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"Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age."
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"Though laughter is allowable, a horse-laugh is abominable."
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"Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit"
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"The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free."
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"Before beginning, prepare carefully."
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"It is easy to distinguish between the joking that reflects good breeding and that which is coarse-the one, if aired at an apposite moment of mental relaxation, is becoming in the most serious of men, whereas the other is unworthy of any free person, if the content is indecent or the expression obscene."
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