"Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again."
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"A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens."
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"There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds of change."
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"Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour."
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"All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement."
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"We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us."
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"What is without periods of rest will not endure."
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"Passion persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse."
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"All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky."
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"Nothing is stronger than habit."
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"Fortune and love favor the brave."
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"Tempus fugit (time flies)."
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"Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by."
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"Stop short of your appetite; eat less than you are able."
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"The glow of inspiration warms us; it is a holy rapture."
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"A red rose peeping through a white? Or else a cherry (double graced) Within a lily? Centre placed? Or ever marked the pretty beam, A strawberry shows, half drowned in cream? Or seen rich rubies blushing through A pure smooth pearl, and orient too? So like to this, nay all the rest, Is each neat niplet of her breast."
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"I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words."
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"Either you pursue or push, O Sisyphus, the stone destined to keep rolling. [Lat., Aut petis aut urgues ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum.]"
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"In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone."
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"Dripping water hollows out a stone"
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