"Tis you, alone, can save, or give my doom."
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"Good-bye to the lies of the poets. [Lat., Valeant mendacia vatum.]"
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"The poet's labors are a work of joy, and require peace of mind."
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"The rest of the crowd were friends of my fortune, not of me. [Lat., Caetera fortunae, non mea, turba fuit.]"
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"Let those who have deserved their punishment, bear it patiently. [Lat., Aequo animo poenam, qui meruere, ferant.]"
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"When a house is tottering to its fall, The strain lies heaviest on the weakest part, One tiny crack throughout the structure spreads, And its own weight soon brings it toppling down."
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"Here Jove with Hermes came; but in disguise Of mortal men conceal'd their deities; One laid aside his thunder, one his rod"
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"In sweet water there is a pleasure ungrudged by anyone."
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"The love of glory gives an immense stimulus."
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"There are as many characters in men As there are shapes in nature."
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"There is no pleasure pure and simple, and some care always comes to mar our joys."
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"There is a God within us and intercourse with heaven. [Lat., Est deus in nobis; et sunt commercia coeli.]"
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"Thou fool, what is sleep but the image of death? Fate will give an eternal rest. [Lat., Stulte, quid est somnus, gelidae nisi mortis imago? Longa quiescendi tempora fata dabunt.]"
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"A woman is a creature that's always shopping."
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"Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his hereditary skies."
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"O ye gods! what thick encircling darkness blinds the minds of men!"
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"Safety lies in the middle course. [Lat., Medio tutissimus ibis.]"
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"Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few."
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"Friendship is but a name, faith is an empty name. Alas, it is not safe to praise to a friend the object of your love; as soon as he believes your praises, he slips into your place."
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"When worse may yet befall, there's room for prayer, But when our fortune's at its lowest ebb, We trample fear beneath our feet, and live Without a fear of evil yet to come."
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