"It's right to learn, even from the enemy."
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"There is a god within us, and the heavens Have intercourse with earth; from realms above That spirit comes."
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"Where belief is painful we are slow to believe."
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"Ah me! how easy it is (how much all have experienced it) to indulge in brave words in another person's trouble. [Lat., Hei mihi, quam facile est (quamvis hic contigit omnes), Alterius lucta fortia verba loqui!]"
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"The sick mind can not bear anything harsh. [Lat., Mensque pati durum sustinet aegra nihil.]"
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"Often they benefit who suffer wrong."
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"A gift in time of need is most acceptable."
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"From high Meonia's rocky shores I came, Of poor decsent, Acoetes is my name, My sire was measly born: no oxen ploughed, His fruitful fields, nor in his pastures lowed, His whole estate within the waters lay' With lines and hooks he caught the finny prey; His art was all his livelehood, which he Thus with his dying lips bequeathed to me: In streams, my boy, and rivers take thy chance; There swims', said he, Thy whole inheritance."
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"Love conquers all things; let us own her dominion."
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"Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an internal fire."
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"Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past."
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"Art is most effective when concealed."
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"We take no pleasure in permitted joys, But what's forbidden is more keenly sought."
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"I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard."
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"Take the advice of light when you're looking at linens or jewels; Looking at faces or forms, take the advice of the day."
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"Thy destiny is only that of man, but thy aspirations may be those of a god."
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"If he should love deny him what he loves!"
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"Yield to him who opposes you; by yielding you conquer."
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"A thousand ills require a thousand cures."
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"The mind grows sicker than the body in contemplation of it's suffering."
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