"Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment."
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"The least strength suffices to break what is bruised."
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"To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another."
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"Art lies by its own artifice."
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"Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways."
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"Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water."
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"What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue."
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"The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms."
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"We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have."
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"According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind."
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"Anger assists hands however weak."
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"Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own."
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"Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate."
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"Habit had made the custom."
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"He who would not be idle, let him fall in love."
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"The prayers of cowards fortune spurns."
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"In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent."
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"Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination. [Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris Si scelus ingenio scitis abesse meo.]"
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"Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks."
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"How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man."
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