"Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with."
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"There is no brotherhood between love and dignity, Nor can they share the same abode."
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"Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop"
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"The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean."
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"If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he would soon be out of thunderbolts."
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"Whilst you are prosperous you can number many friends; but when the storm comes you are left alone."
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"In our play we reveal what kind of people we are."
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"If you count the sunny and the cloudy days of the whole year, you will find that the sunshine predominates."
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"Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts."
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"When there is plenty of wine, sorrow and worry take wing."
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"Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity."
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"Love and dignity cannot share the same abode."
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"Habits change into character."
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"What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please."
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"By looking at squinting people you learn to squint."
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"The purpose of law is to prevent the strong always having their way."
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"There is nothing in the whole world which abides. All things are in a state of ebb and flow, and every shadow passes away. Even time itself, like a river, is constantly gliding away ."
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"Love and dignity do not dwell together."
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"The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool."
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"Lovers remember everything. [Lat., Meminerunt omnia amantes.]"
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